Recent replies to "interesting NYC-area talks"

Reply from anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:43:21 -0000

If “thumbs up/down” for events is implemented, it should be relative to the tags in the profile of the voter. BTW, may be tags should be complemented with PACS, MSC or other subject classification.

Reply from Laurie Dempsey

Laurie Dempsey — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:15:46 -0000

Also, here’s something more serious on communicating accurate science information to policy makers. Be aware that there exists a Science Communication Consortium here in NYC. Some interesting topics have been presented through this forum.

Laurie

April 24 – SCC Hosts Science and Congress Event

SCC announces its April event! Please note, registration is free but is
limited to 70 guests, so register now for this great program!

The Science Communication Consortium presents:

Science and Congress: The Role of Think Tanks and Congressional Science
Committees
Thursday, April 24, 2008
7:00-8:30pm
Martin E. Segal Theatre, CUNY - City University of New York, 365 Fifth
Avenue, New York, NY

Recent years have seen a rise in prominence of legislative issues that
control how scientists work or that require scientific information for
decision making. How do legislators receive this information, and what are
the potential effects of distortion or misunderstanding of it on science in
the United States? Join us for a discussion on how science-related think
tanks and congressional science committees are involved in this process.

Panelists:
Joanne Carney, Director of the American Association for the Advancement of
Scientists (AAAS) Center for Science, Technology and Congress
David Goldston, former chief of staff for the House Committee on Science and
author of Nature’s “Party of One” column on Congress and science policy
Michael Stebbins, Director of the Biology Policy for the Federation of
American Scientists and author of Sex, Drugs & DNA

Wine and cheese reception to follow.

Registration is FREE, but is limited to 70 people. Please RSVP now through
NYAS to reserve your spot!
http://www.nyas.org/events/eventDetail.asp?eventID=11497&date=4/24/2008%207:00:00%20PM

Reply from Laurie Dempsey

Laurie Dempsey — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:04:24 -0000

And for those of you who enjoy tiny bubbles, see the New York Academy of Sciences series Science & the City where the next ‘food’ event focuses on the ‘science’ of champagne. April 22nd at 7 WTC.

excerpt….

Our speaker for this event is Gérard Liger-Belair, associate professor of physical sciences at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France, consultant for Champagne Moët & Chandon, and author of Uncorked: The Science of Champagne.

Meet the speaker and mingle with fellow attendees during a post-lecture reception featuring tastings of Moët & Chandon’s White Star Champagne.

Event Information:
April 22 • 6:00 – 7:30 pm
The New York Academy of Sciences
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich St, 40th Fl
New York, NY 10007-2157

Reply from chris wiggins

chris wiggins — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:17:37 -0000

keep an eye on:

science and the arts at cuny

Reply from anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:09:13 -0000

what would be cool is if we could sort by some ranking of popularity, e.g., if you could give a thumbs up/down as to whether a talk looks interesting. that’d be an easy collaborative-filtering type way of alerting people to interesting talks.

Reply from Noah Gray

Noah Gray — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:52:57 -0000

Hi Chris. There is no events link at the moment for this forum, but you may be able to advertise interesting talks in the “noticeboard” area.

I have one to add that is more “leisure” science, but should be interesting none-the-less. The NY Botanical garden is hosting a special show called Darwin’s Garden. There are talks associated with the show, but it is probably worth going just to walk through the exhibit. If you have never been to the NYBG, this place is fantastic.

Reply from chris wiggins

chris wiggins — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:55:44 -0000

perhaps for now we should just use the “events” for this. it’d be great
if it were set up like the boston or london pages, in which
there were sub-groups (subject-specific) which could
post events + talks separately.