February 23, 2013

Idea Shop at University Technology Park, Illinois Institute of Technology
3440 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60616, USA

Please join us for this 24-hour developer, designer, and hardware hacking challange. MonkeyBars Spring Build is a Hackathon unlike any Chicago has ever seen. Build is not simply a coding challenge, it is a place where anyone from the hardware hacker to the designer can, with the support and resources from the MonkeyBars team and partners, bring an idea to the realm of reality in just 24 hours.

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February 21, 2013

McDermot, Will & Emery
227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL, USA

Bioluminescence is everywhere on earth—most of all in the ocean, from angler fish in the depths to the flashing of dinoflagellates at the surface. Woody Hastings explores the natural history, evolution, and biochemistry of the diverse array of organisms that emit light.

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January 25, 2013

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

On December 2, 1942, 49 scientists, led by Enrico Fermi, made history when Chicago Pile 1 (CP-1) went critical and produced the world’s first self-sustaining, controlled nuclear chain reaction.

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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…