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Science Café Archive

A listing of past Science Café topics.



November 30, 2009:  "Me, You and Artificial Intelligence, Too"
  Dr. Noah Schwartz, Assistant Professor of Psychology – CNU

October 29, 2009:  "The Magic of Chemistry! "
  Dr. Larry Sacks, Professor of Chemistry, emeritus, C.N.U.
Chairman, Education Committee, HRACS

September 30, 2009:  "Wildlife and Humans: Can we co-exist?"
  Dawn Currier, City of Hampton Wildlife Biologist

August 27, 2009:  "Effects of Climate Change on Water Supplies in Coastal Communities"
  Brian Ramaley, Director of Newport News Waterworks

July 27, 2009:  "Learning Preferences and Science Education"
  Dr. Lisa Webb, Asst. Prof. of Biology at CNU

June 30, 2009:  "Human Spaceflight to the Moon, Mars and Beyond!"
  Donner Grigsby, Deputy Chief Engineer for Ares I-X
NASA Langley Research Center

April 29, 2009:  "Atlantic White Cedar swamps: Globally-threatened or globally-heroic ecosystem?"
  Dr. Robert Atkinson, Professor of Biology, Chemistry, & Environmental-Science
Christopher Newport University

March 30, 2009:  "Tracking Climate Change – Obstacles and Achievements"
  Dr. Martin Mlynczak, Research Scientist
NASA LaRC

February 26, 2009:  "Can Chemical Companies be Eco-Friendly?"
  Dr. Larry Sacks, Professor of Chemistry, emeritus, C.N.U.
Chairman, Education Committee, HRACS

January 29, 2009:  "Chronic Pain: The Hidden Disability"
  Kathryn Hamilton, Virginia State Leader, American Pain Foundation

November 24, 2008:  "A Revolution in Computing: Wireless Sensor Networks"
  Dr. Kennie Jones, NASA Langley Research Center

October 27, 2008:  "Are our Standards of Learning leaving our kids SOL?"
  Dr. Larry Sacks, Education Chair of the Hampton Roads Section of the American Chemical Society

September 30, 2008:  "Psychology of the Urban Hunter"
  Dr. Andrew Velkey, Associate Professor of Psychology, Christopher Newport University

August 25, 2008:  "DELAYED: Weather Strikes Again"
  John Murray, Atmospheric Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center

June 23, 2008:  "Why Mars? Why Humans?"
  Dr. Joel S. Levine, Senior Research Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center

May 20, 2008:  "Bigfoot and Aliens and Ghosts---oh my! Why do we believe in things that just aren't so?"
  Jason W. Hart, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Christopher Newport University

April 3, 2008:  "The Globalization of Air Pollution: The Dirty Air You See May Have Come from Far Away"
  Dr. Jack Fishman, Research Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center




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