A great new addition to the city’s festival scene is the Chicago Science Festival. It’s for adults, although kids are welcome, and includes a full day of talks and hands-on demos with experts from universities, museums, national research labs, and zoos.
This event has ended.
See full 8-day event schedule at http://ChicagoScienceFest.org.
Most relevant for 1871 is Saturday, May 12 "Science Expo" at The Merchandise Mart (1871, MATTER Chicago, Mart driveway)
Info here: http://www.illinoisscience.org/event/chicago-science-fest-2018/
Illinois Science Council invites you to the 4th annual Chicago Science Festival — a celebration of the wow-inspiring, mind-expanding, human-benefitting awesomeness that is STEM (science, technology, engineering & math) in the Chicago area. We have a FULL WEEK of events for all science enthusiasts to enjoy in this year. Clear your calendar and tell your friends!
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A great new addition to the city’s festival scene is the Chicago Science Festival. It’s for adults, although kids are welcome, and includes a full day of talks and hands-on demos with experts from universities, museums, national research labs, and zoos. They’ll share the latest findings – and answer your questions – on a wide variety of science topics you’re curious about.
From the tangible technology of robots, to real research on lucid dreaming, Chicago Science Fest has something for every curious person. You’ll find yourself entertained and enlightened about autopsies & allergies; research on brains & batteries; work with chimpanzees & empathetic rats; seeing climate change in trees and snow; what’s known about brains on music or concussions, and much more.
Some events will sell out. Tickets and information at ChicagoScienceFest.org
SPEAKERS
Joan Cook-Mills, Professor of Medicine, Northwestern Medicine
Ruchi Gupta, MD, Allergy expert, Northwestern Medicine
Lydia Hopper, Primate expert, Lincoln Park Zoo
Nina Kraus, Professor of Neurobiology & Physiology, Northwestern University
Peggy Mason, Professor of Neurobiology, University of Chicago
Rahel Osofsky, Physicist, Fermi National Laboratory
Christine Rollinson, Forest Ecologist, Morton Arboretum
Mark C. Serreze, Director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, author of “Brave New Arctic”
Matthew Spenko, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, IIT
Sadie Witkowski, Sleep researcher, Northwestern University
Eimad Zakariya, MD, Deputy Medical Examiner, Cook County
DEMOS ALL DAY
Do-It-Yourself Synthetic biology with ChiTownBio
Prosthetic Limbs with the Center for Bionic Medicine, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Learn about entomophagy and try some edible insects
IIT’s Formula Electric Race Car
Take a Nissan LEAF for a test drive (licensed drivers only)
