December 6, 2012

Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Screening Room 201
915 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL, USA

Watch a screening of the film “A Beautiful Mind” starring Russell Crowe and join University of Chicago experts in a discussion of the impact of John F. Nash Jr.’s work as well as the challenges he faced. Nash was the recipient of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics for his landmark work on the mathematics of game theory.

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December 4, 2012

Lincoln Hall, Northwestern University School of Law
375 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, USA

The Chicago Council on Science and Technology and the Children’s Hospital of Chicago Research Center Present:

Alzheimer’s and Aging: Our Fragile Minds

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November 8, 2012

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

Abstract: The Chicago FBI office will overview the FBI’s Evidence Response Team’s mission, training, and field work including their use of special forensic equipment and expertise. The talk will also highlight training requirements that ensure a high level of competence during the collection of evidence that can be introduced in courts throughout the U.S. and the World. Read more…

Come join C2ST, Illinois Science and Technology Coalition (ISTC), Illinois Science Teachers Association (ISTA), the ARCS Foundation, and the Illinois Science Council (ISC) in an informal interactive showcase of initiatives and opportunities ongoing in the Science and Technology community. Read more…

October 11, 2012

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ballroom
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, USA

Abstract: Our quest to understand the origin, evolution and make-up of the Universe has undergone dramatic and surprising advances over the last decades. Much of the progress has been driven by measurements of the cosmic microwave background radiation, the fossil light from the big bang, that provide a glimpse of the Universe as it was 14 billion years ago.

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October 10, 2012

Illinois Institute of Technology, McCormick Tribune Campus Center, McCloska Auditorium
3201 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60616, USA

Abstract:
Pablo Picasso’s (1881-1973) masterful metamorphoses extend beyond the manipulation of painted surfaces to his pioneering introduction of industrial, commonplace materials into the fine art’s studio. The Art Institute of Chicago’s 17 Picasso paintings dated from 1901 to 1959 span the artist’s career. Read more…