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Current and Upcoming Public Events - Sept. 1, 2012

* SFI community lectures are free, open, & accessible to the public.
* Seminars & colloquia are geared for scientists but free & open to the interested public.
* All other SFI events are by invitation only.
* Note: We are unable to accommodate members of the public for SFI's limited lunch service; you're welcome to bring your own.

Sept. 12, 2012

Public

7:30 p.m.

Reading Ancient Minds: Metaphor, Culture, and Complexity

James A. Little Theater

Community Event

Scott Ortman, Omidyar Fellow, Santa Fe Institute; Lightfoot Fellow, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center.

SFI Host: Ginger Richardson

Oct. 2, 2012

Public

7:30 p.m.

Stanislaw Ulam Memorial Lectures: The Many Faces Of Complexity

James A. Little Theater

Oct. 2, 2012 - Oct. 4, 2012

Community Event

Robert May, Baron May of Oxford; Professor, Zoology, Oxford University and Imperial College; former president of Britain's Royal Society, and former Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government

SFI Host: Ginger Richardson

Oct. 11, 2012

Public

12:15 p.m.

Energy Tradeoffs between Metabolism, Growth, and Longevity

Collins Conference Room

Seminar

Chen Hou (Department of Biological Sciences, Missouri University of Science and Technology)

Purpose: Research Collaboration

SFI Host: Geoffrey West

Oct. 17, 2012

Public

7 p.m.

"Science on Screen" Series: Memento

Center for Contemporary Arts

Community Event

Chris Wood (Vice President, Administration and Director, Business Network, Santa Fe Institute)

Nov. 28, 2012

Public

7 p.m.

"Science on Screen" Series: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Center for Contemporary Arts

Community Event

George Gumerman (School for Advanced Research and SFI, External Professor)

Dec. 13, 2012

Public

7 p.m.

"Science on Screen" Series: The Gods Must Be Crazy

Center for Contemporary Arts

Community Event

Murray Gell-Mann (Distinguished Fellow, Santa Fe Institute)

Feb. 6, 2013

Public

7 p.m.

"Science on Screen" Series: Primer

Center for Contemporary Arts

Community Event

Cris Moore (Professor, Santa Fe Institute)

March 13, 2013

Public

7 p.m.

"Science on Screen" Series: Never Cry Wolf

Center for Contemporary Arts

Community Event

Paula Sabloff (Professor, Santa Fe Institute)

March 14, 2013

Public

7:30 p.m.

How Social Media Might Help You Survive the Next Big Disaster

Community Event

Greer Garson Theater, 1600 St. Michaels Drive, Santa Fe (NOTE: Change in Venue)

Palen is an associate professor of computer science and director of Project EPIC (Empowering the Public with Information during Crisis) at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Purpose: Community Event

SFI Host: Ginger Richardson

May 8, 2013

Public

7 p.m.

"Science on Screen" Series: Sneakers

Center for Contemporary Arts

Community Event

Simon DeDeo (Omidyar Fellow, Santa Fe Institute)

May 9, 2013

Public

7:30 p.m.

The Minds of Children

James A. Little Theater

Community Event

Alison Gopnik is a professor of psychology and affiliate professor of philosophy at UC Berkeley and author of several books on child learning, including The Scientist in the Crib and The Philosophical Baby.

Purpose: Community Event

SFI Host: Ginger Richardson

May 30, 2013

Public

7:30 p.m.

Zoobiquity: What Dolphin Diabetes Can Teach Us About Human Health

James A. Little Theater

Community Event

Purpose: Community Event

SFI Host: Ginger Richardson

June 4, 2013

Public

7:30 p.m.

The Brain and the Law: How Neuroscience Will Shift Blameworthiness

James A. Little Theater

Community Event

Purpose: Community Event

SFI Host: Ginger Richardson

June 26, 2013

Public

7:30 p.m.

Why is Time a One Way Street?

James A. Little Theater

Community Event

Purpose: Community Event

SFI Host: Ginger Richardson

July 31, 2013

Public

7:30 p.m.

Beyond Interdisciplinarity: Reconceptualizing the Academic Enterprise

James A. Little Theater

Community Event

Purpose: Community Event

SFI Host: Hilary Skolnik

Aug. 14, 2013

Public

7:30 p.m.

On Moral Progress: Reason and Logic or Empathy and Emotion

James A. Little Theater

Community Event

Purpose: Community Event

SFI Host: Ginger Richardson

Sept. 10, 2013

Public

7:30 p.m.

The 2013 Stanislaw Ulam Memorial Lecture Series

James A. Little Theater

Sept. 10, 2013 - Sept. 12, 2013

Community Event

Purpose: Community Event

SFI Host: Ginger Richardson

Nov. 6, 2013

Public

7:30 p.m.

Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe

James A. Little Theater

Community Event

Purpose: Community Event

SFI Host: Ginger Richardson

Events News

Audio: Interview with Simon DeDeo on his presentation of 'Sneakers' May 8, 2013 -

The popular Science On Screen series continued Wednesday, May 8, with SFI's Simon DeDeo and the 1992 cult hacker film Sneakers. If you missed it, you can hear DeDeo ...

Video: How social media might help you survive the next big disaster March 25, 2013 -

SFI's 2013 Community Lecture series debuted March 14 with UC-Boulder's Leysia Palen describing how victims, observers, and “citizen-responders” are using modern technology to participate in disaster response. Watch ...

Climate scientists James Hansen, at SFI, calls for energy sources to foot their 'true' costs Feb. 22, 2013 -

Speaking at SFI yesterday, noted climate scientist James Hansen told an overflow crowd that efforts to stem climate change will be ineffectual as long as fossil fuels remain the cheapest ...

SFI's successful crowdfunding campaign will help scientists study indigenous people Dec. 14, 2012 -

SFI's crowdfunding campaign has reached its goal. The resulting research will help scientists preserve the threatened landscapes on which indigenous human groups depend.

The Gods Must Be Crazy with Murray Gell-Mann Dec. 13, 2012 -

The 2012 Science On Screen series in Santa Fe wrapped up December 13 to a full house, with "The Gods Must Be Crazy" and Murray Gell-Mann's distinctive insight and ...

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