SCIENCE
Tree Stressors in Connecticut with Elizabeth Ward Ph.D. at Guilford Free Library
Guilford Free Library 67 Park Street, GuilfordJoin Elizabeth Ward, Ph.D. of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station for a discussion on how Connecticut’s forests are changing in response to Beech Leaf Disease and Emerald Ash Borer invasion. This library program is co-sponsored with Guilford Land Conservation Trust and is free and open to all. Please register.
Space Nights at Van Vleck Observatory at Weslyan
Van Vleck Observatory 96 Foss Hill, MiddletownJoin us to learn about what's up in the night sky. Each Space Night starts with a half-hour interactive presentation by a member of our department (astronomy majors, graduate students, or faculty) on a topic of space news or recent discoveries in astronomy, followed by observing through the telescopes when it's clear. Aimed at high […]
Visit the Treworgy Planetarium at Mystic Seaport
Van Vleck Observatory 96 Foss Hill, MiddletownWinter Stars and the Mariner Join us for a 30-minute live show to explore the winter evening sky. We will visit our closest neighbor in space, the Moon, before examining the wide array of visible planets in the night sky. Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn are visible all winter, and they will be joined by Mars […]
Lecture Series: Coastal Perspectives: The Case for Human / Coastal Shorebird Coexistence: Why the Public Cultures of Shorelines Matter for Equitable Climate Resilience
Avery Point Auditorium 1084 Shennecossett Road, GrotonBryce DuBois, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven and Coordinator of the M.A. Program in Marine Policy and Management Beaches, the foreshore, are legally defined as public land owned by no one. As one of few spaces with such legal protections, they afford coastal communities a uniquely protected public […]
Lecture Series: Coastal Perspectives: Whalemen Go Down from the North: The History of the North American Whale Hunt in the South Atlantic, Especially in Brazilian Cost. 1760 to 1850
Avery Point Auditorium 1084 Shennecossett Road, GrotonWellington Castellucci Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Human Science at the Universidade do Estado da Bahia & Assistant Professor of Latin American History at the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia, Brazil Biography: Wellington Castellucci Junior is a Professor of Human Science at the Universidade do Estado da Bahia and an Assistant Professor of Latin […]
Bruce Experiences: French Film Series: Oceans Seen From the Heart
Bruce Museum 1 Museum Drive, GreenwichOcean Seen From the Heart is a documentary that explores the threat to the ocean's biodiversity and its extraordinary ability to renew. Hubert Reeves, supported by scientists and explorers, delves into the impact of human actions on the ocean. A look at the ocean in its wholeness. Featuring the late Canadian astrophysicist Hubert Reeves, supported by […]
Lecture Series: Coastal Perspectives: Traditional Rigging in the 21st Century
Avery Point Auditorium 1084 Shennecossett Road, GrotonCourtney J. Andersen Courtney Andersen will explore the evolution of sailing ship materials and designs over the pre-Industrial age, and then illustrate how rapidly materials have changed after WW2, as synthetics took over the industry. He will discuss what this means for today’s riggers. Using various museum ships and movie sets as examples, he will […]
Shrub Identification Workshop at Flanders Nature Center
FLANDERS NATURE CENTER 596 Flanders Road, Woodbury"Just Shrubs" A Certified Forest Practitioners Continuing Education Unit Opportunity With The Department of Energy & Environmental Protection For more information
Lecture Series: Coastal Perspectives: Human-natural systems and the climate resilience of coastal communities
Avery Point Auditorium 1084 Shennecossett Road, GrotonGiovanna McClenachan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University Human-natural systems along the coast are at risk from climate change impacts of flooding (ocean, river, and precipitation driven) and extreme heat. These impacts are disproportionally felt by low-income neighborhoods and marginalized ethnicized and racialized (MER) communities, but these communities are […]
Lecture Series: Coastal Perspectives: Plum Island – Telling the Story of One of the Most Mysterious Islands on the Eastern Seaboard
Avery Point Auditorium 1084 Shennecossett Road, GrotonThomas Halaczinsky A documentary in production Plum Island, located just 1.5 miles off Orient Point on the eastern tip of Long Island’s North Fork and 9 miles as the crow flies from the Connecticut shore, is most likely one of the most mysterious islands on the Eastern Seaboard. For more than 100 years, the 840-acre […]
Talk: Andrew Hendry: The World Without Evolution? at Yale
Yale Science Building 260 Whitney Avenue, New HavenTypical considerations about rapid evolution and its importance in structuring the world around us emphasize situations where evolution is causing rapid changes in organisms and environments. Hendry contends that the primary role of evolution is in resisting change. Evolution is why organisms look the same not just across years and decades but across centuries and millennia. […]
ZOOM: Exploring Twin Quasar: On Art, Science, and Virtual Worlds at the Whitney Museum
Whitney Museum 99 Gansevoort Street, NYCJoin artist Ashley Zelinskie and Christiane Paul, the Whitney’s Curator of Digital Art, for a conversation in the virtual world of Zelinskie’s work Twin Quasar. Accessible in the Whitney Museum Virtual Landscape on the MONA platform, Twin Quasar explores intersections between science and art history by turning two works from the Whitney’s collection into navigable 3D models and drawing parallels […]