Past Cafes, Boulder Cafe Scientifique

• 2005
  • October 2005
    Dr. Dennis VanGerven, CU Boulder, Anthropology
    The Mummies of Ancient Nubia
  • November 2005
    Dr. Dobroslav Znidarcic, CU Boulder, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
    Levees of New Orleans - engineering or politics
  • December 2005
    Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. –State Climatologist and Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University
    Insights into Climate Change and Policy
• 2006
  • January 2006
    Dr. David O. Norris, Integrative Physiology, CU Boulder
    Environmental Estrogens: Sex, Lies, and Water Supplies
  • February 2006
    Dr. Marc Bekoff, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU Boulder
    Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues
  • March 2006
    Dr. Harvey Nichols, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU Boulder
    Title TBA; general topic Rocky Flats
  • April 2006
    John Pape, epidemiologist; CO Dept of Health and Environment;
    What's Waiting in the Woods – flu pandemics and avian flu
  • May 2006
    Dr. Matt Young, School of Mines;
    Why (and how) Intelligent Design Fails
  • June 2006
    Dr. Darin Toohey;
    Keeping an Eye on the Space Shuttle: what a little foam can do
  • July 2006
    Dr. Richard Warner, Professor of Psychiatry, (CU and Director of Colorado Recovery, Boulder)
    Recovery from Scizophrenia: beyond medications
  • August 2006
    Dr. Kristine Larson, Aerospace Engineering, CU Boulder
    The Global Positioning System: How the DoD inadvertently built a 50 billion dollar constellation to measure plate tectonics.
  • September 2006
    Dr. Gene Abrams, Mathematics, CU Colorado Springs,
    PRODUCED BY BEAUTIFUL MINDS? Mathematics research: what is it, what's the Next Big Thing, and why you should .
  • October 2006
    Dr. Douglas S. Robertson (NOAA and Geological Sciences, CU)
    The Computer Revolution I: Why the Invention of the Computer Marks the Beginning of Civilization.
  • November 2006
    Dr. Fran Bagenal, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, CU Boulder
    Exploring Planets Big and Small; NASA missions to Jupiter and Pluto
  • December 2006
    Dr. Kathryn V. Holmes, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology, UCHSC
    will speak on Viral Pandemics .
• 2007
  • January 2007
    Dr. Jeffry Mitton, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU
    Trout Jump Over the Divide
  • February 2007
    Dr. Shelley Miller, Mechanical Engineering, CU
    Why buy ozone generators?
  • March 2007
    Dr. Andy Jacobson, NOAA/CIRES
    Boulder's Role in the Carbon Dioxide Story
  • April 2007
    Dr. Dr. R. Kent Goodrich, Mathematics, CU Boulder
    A Short History of Wind Sheer
  • May 2007
    Dr. Jeffrey Zax, Economics, CU Boulder
    The Economics of Happiness.
  • June 2007
    Dr. Greg Holland-NCAR, Boulder
    Global warming and hurricanes
  • July 2007
    Tom Theobald, Boulder Beekeepers Association
    "Silent Sting - the collapse of the honeybees"
  • August 2007
    Tom Yulsman, CU School of Journalism and Mass Communication
    Telling Inconvenient Truths: the interface of science and journalism in the global warming debate.
  • September 2007
    Dr. Russ Monson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU
    Climate Change and Forests in the Colorado Front Range
  • October 2007
    Dr. William (Ned) Friedman, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU
    topic Evolution before Darwin - Title TBA
  • November 2007
    Mona Newton, Regional Representative forGovernor Ritter's Energy Office.
  • December 2007
    Dr. Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU Boulder
    Deformed Frogs: parasites, pesticides or propaganda?
• 2008
  • January 2008
    Dr. John Bally, Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, CU Boulder
    The State of Astronomy: Emerging revolutions in our understanding of the cosmos
  • Febuary 2008
    Dr. James White, INSTAAR, Geology and Environmental Studies, CU Boulder
    Did anyone know it is the International Polar Year? Why you should know and why you should care.
  • March 2008
    Dr. Douglas Duncan, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
    Scandalous Surprises about how people Learn (and Don’t Learn) Science!
  • April 2008
    Dr. David Hofmann, CIRES, CU Boulder
    The Antarctic Ozone Hole - When Will it go Away?
  • May 2008
    Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. CIRES, CU Boulder
    "Have we underestimated the Carbon Dioxide Challenge?
  • June 2008
    Jonathan Caine Ph.D., USGS, Geology of the Colorado Mineral Belt
    A Zone of Crustal Weakness or a Good Hypothesis Gone Bad?
  • July 2008
    Dr. Rick Adams, Biology, University of Northern Colorado
    Bats as potential eco-indicators of climate change in the West.”
  • August 2008
    TBA
  • September 2008
    TBA
  • October 2008
    Dr. Clayton Lewis, PhD, Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder
    "Computational Thinking: Should we all be doing it? What is it, anyway?"
    
• 2009
  • On hiatus while we look for a new venue
• 2010
  • August Café
    Christopher Lowry Ph.D.
    Integrative Physiology
    University of Colorado at Boulder
    Getting Dirty May Lift Your Mood
  • September Café
    Joost de Gouw Ph.D.
    Senior Research Scientist
    NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory and
    CIRES – Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences
    University of Colorado at Boulder
    Atmospheric Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
  • October Café
    Mike Shull Ph.D.
    Professor of Astrophysics in the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences (APS) and affiliate faculty member Department of Applied Mathematics
    University of Colorado at Boulder
    The First Galaxies in the Universe
  • November Café
    Brian Collier
    Founder and President of the Society for a Re-Natural Environment Areas of Specialization: Eco/environmental Art Social Practice, Sculpture, and Interdisciplinary Art
    INTERPRETING SCIENCE WITH ART
  • December Café
    Kevin Stenson Ph.D.
    Department of Physics
    University of Colorado at Boulder
    Particle Physics at the CERN LHC Collider
• 2011
  • January Café
    Carol Finn Ph.D.
    U. S. Geological Survey geophysicist
    and President American Geophysical Union
    Geophysics: From the Ivory Tower to the Public Arena
  • February Café
    Rodger Kram PhD
    Department of Integrative Physiology
    University of Colorado at Boulder
    Title
    The world's fastest man on artificial legs; the intriguing biomechanics and physiology of Oscar Pistorius
  • March Café
    Noah Fierer PhD
    Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
    University of Colorado at Boulder
    Title
    Exploring terra incognita: the extraordinary diversity of bacteria on, in, and all around you.
  • April Café
    Michael Mills Ph.D.
    Project Scientist WACCM Liaison, UCAR
    Title
    How Even A Small Nuclear War Could Ruin The Whole Planet
  • May Café
    David Steinmann
    Zoology Department Associate
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science
    Title
    The Discovery of New Invertebrate Species in Colorado´s Caves
  • September Café
    PJ Bennett
    Assistant Director Graduate Teacher Program and Collaborative Preparing Future Faculty Network
    Title
    Improving Undergraduate Science Education through Future Faculty Professional Development
  • October Café
    Frank Cuozzo, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology,The University of North Dakota Grand Forks
    Title
    Madagascar, a Land of Contrast: People, Lemurs, and a Changing Environment
  • November Café
    John Mischler, Ph.D.
    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU Boulder
    Title
    Worm Farms: How fertilizer runoff can alter ecosystems and increase the risk of being infected with parasites