November 12, 2014

Skokie Public Library
5215 Oakton St, Skokie, IL, USA

Illinois recently adopted new education standards for math and science–the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards, respectively. These programs have been met with opposition and confusion, and misinformation has been spread about them. What do these new standards really say, and what do they mean for our students, communities and educators? Read more…

November 10, 2014

Herman Hall Ballroom, Illinois Institute of Technology
3241 South Federal Street, Chicago, IL, USA

Chicago Council on Science and Technology is pleased to co-present

The Birth and Death of the Cell Phone,

Part of Illinois Institute of Technology’s Presidential Lecture Series

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October 29, 2014

Northwestern University, Chicago Campus, Hughes Auditorium
303 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL, USA

How Technology Will Change the Way We Work

Technology has dramatically changed the way we work: it automates processes, collects and organizes our information, and offers new lines for global communication. It both opens new industries and shutters traditional strongholds at an accelerating pace, and it continually redefines what it means to “work” in the world today. Read more…

October 21, 2014

Film Row Cinema
1104 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA

From sci-fi to computer simulated graphics to mind-expanding documentaries, science and film have always gravitated toward one another.

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September 20, 2014

Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL, USA

Community Cinema, presented by WTTW and ITVS in partnership with Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, is excited to offer an advance screening of MAKERS: Women In Space, tracing the history of women pioneers in the space program and featuring the next generation of women engineers, scientists, mathematicians and astronauts.

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September 19, 2014

Film Row Cinema
1104 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA

Is Gravity a realistic view of the hazards of intergalactic travel, or just a reboot of old movie serials with weightlessness thrown in? Is it an examination of solitude and the human need to connect with others, or a soporific woman’s weepie about the pains of unfulfilled motherhood? Gravitas or grasping for meaning?

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