SftPublic Programs 2014

Science for the Public programs are recorded through the services of Belmont Media Center

Jan 21, 2014 snow cancellation; rescheduled for Apr 15 (Arjun Dey, Galaxy Evolution)

Feb 04, 2014 Replacing Plastic: The Merits of Shrilk. Javier Fernandez, PhD, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University. update 2016: Dr. Javier Fernandez is on the faculty of Singapore University of Technology & Design.
Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations, Belmont Media Center

Mar 11, 2014 How Solar Systems Form: Puzzles and PossibilitiesJoan Najita, PhD, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, Arizona
Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations, Belmont Media Center

Mar 18, 2014 Leaving It Up To Chance: How Cells Make Decisions, Jané Kondev, PhD, Brandeis University
Science for the Public lecture series

Apr 08, 2014 How Environmental Pollutants Impair Brain DevelopmentPhilippe Grandjean, M.D., D.M.Sc. Harvard School of Public Health and University of S. Denmark
Science for the Public lecture series

Apr 15, 2014 Massive Galaxies: Where and How They FormArjun Dey,PhD, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson AZ
Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations, Belmont Media Center

May 06, 2014 Earth and Humans: A Planetary PerspectiveCharles Langmuir, PhD, Harvard University
Science for the Public lecture series

May 20, 2014 Mathematics and the MultiverseMax Tegmark, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Science for the Public lecture series

June 03, 2014 What Marine Sediments Reveal about Climate ChangeRichard Murray, PhD, Boston University
Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations, Belmont Media Center

June 12, 2014 Conflicting Science on the Safety of Genetically Modified FoodsSheldon Krimsky, PhD, Tufts University
Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations, Belmont Media Center

July 15, 2014 From the Cell to CancerAna Soto, M.D. and Carlos Sonnenschein, M.D., Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University
Science for the Public lecture series

July 2014, 2014 Understanding Viruses: The John Connor LabJohn Connor, PhD, Boston University School of Medicine
Working Science series

Aug 19, 2014 Natural Mathematics: Intuition and InsightSanjoy Mahajan, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Olin College of Engineering
Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations, Belmont Media Center

Sept 23, 2014 Evolution of the Y ChromosomeDavid Page, M.D., Whitehead Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations, Belmont Media Center

Oct 07, 2014 Genetics and Social ResponsibilityJon Beckwith, PhD, Harvard Medical School
Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations, Belmont Media Center

Oct 14, 2014 How DNA Is Folded in the Cell and Why It MattersJané Kondev, PhD, Brandeis University
Science for the Public lecture series

Nov 05, 2014 Great Expectations: The Large Hadron Collider 2015Tulika Bose, PhD, Boston University
Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations, Belmont Media Center

Nov 06, 2014 Viruses: Threats in a Tiny PackageJohn Connor, PhD, Boston University School of Medicine
Science for the Public lecture series

Nov 18, 2014 Creating Public Doubt about Scientific FactsNaomi Oreskes, PhD, Harvard University
Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations, Belmont Media Center

Dec 02, 2014 Exoplanet AtmospheresMercedes Lopez-Morales, PhD, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations, Belmont Media Center

Dec 2014 (Working Science series) Mahajan MathematicsSanjoy Mahajan, PhD, Olin College of Engineering and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Science for the Public lecture series

Dec 09, 2014 **Cosmic Evolution **Eric Chaisson, PhD, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations, Belmont Media Center

Dec 2014 Ocean Sediments: Earth's Deep Climate HistoryRichard Murray, PhD, Boston University and National Science Foundation
Working Science series

Dec 17, 2014 Coastal Ecosystems and Climate ChangeBrian Helmuth, PhD, Northeastern University
Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations, Belmont Media Center