Science

Ready to celebrate creativity and smarts? Join us for a hands-on event for PreK-9th grade students and their families to celebrate Women in STEM. All learners welcome!

Acera's Annual Girls in STEM event brings together scientists, educators and families to celebrate women in science and invites all young learners to explore, build and create! Keynote Speaker Alison Earnhart, an award-winning Science and Engineering Educator with more than a decade of experience in designing and leading dynamic, hands-on learning environments will be presenting a talk which will be engaging for students and

This presentation will explore methods of tracking shorebirds and how these data inform conservation efforts. It will highlight how Motus tracking expanded the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network in the Bay of Fundy, demonstrate the importance of conserving networks of small sites in Atlantic Canada, share satellite tag data revealing trans-Atlantic flight pathways, and discuss new research quantifying the value of small staging sites for shorebirds across the Northeast.

Rebeca Linhart is a PhD candidate in the Natural Resources Science department at URI. She studies arctic breeding

he natural world is rich with mysteries, but not so mysterious that our ancient ancestors were unable to understand it, however primitively. How about us? Would we be able to answer a simple question about the world around us that a child might ask? Using reason and observation available to people ancient and modern, we'll put our minds together and find out. After switching college majors from Astrophysics to English, Josh Passell developed Stone Age Science to stimulate both areas of his mind, the analytic and the artistic. It's not always clear to him there's a difference. Sponsored by the

Jagadeesh Moodera of MIT’s Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, will speak about the evolution of a new technology, namely, Quantum Computers: Efficient Superconducting Diodes and Rectifiers for Quantum Circuitry.

Michael Garjian, CEO of CarbonStar Systems, will keynote the new season of The Wilson Forum when he speaks about a different approach to managing the technical, economic, and social risks that accompany the introduction of any new technology into our social fabric. He will identify An Alternative to Corporate Capitalism: Managing the Economic Risk of Introducing a New Technology into the Marketplace. Register to receive the zoom link.

The WHS Science Olympiad students host a Science & Engineering Night with hands-on activities, demonstrations, lab tours and more.  Experience lab classrooms equipped with robotics, construction and manufacturing, engineering, biotech, and neuroscience technology! Free and open to K-8 students with an adult. Science Olympiad is a STEM competition with over 6,000 teams in all 50 states.

Jane Kent, of the University of Michigan Hospital Facilities Planning and Development Department joins us. Jane is the youngest daughter of a historic figure in the evolution of The Jenks. Center, Jim Kent. Jane and her colleagues allow Michigan Medicine to be a world leading provider in healthcare, education, and research. She will speak on Hospital Planning Going Forward.

Peter Baldwin, President of base-e, which focuses on commercialization strategies for emerging Carbon Capture & Sequestration (CCS), Distributed Energy and CleanTech will join us. Pete is a recognized leader in the turbomachinery industry and will speak on the outcomes of the recent international climate meeting, COP28, held each year by the United Nations.

Walter Hubbard, President, PCQuickhelp, will speak at a hybrid meeting at The Jenks Center about the useful application of Artificial Intelligence in the Garden (and other places at home).

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Steve Strassmann of Overjet.ai will meet with us virtually and speak on how Als get cancer in his presentation, Al Pathologies, with a Deep Dive into Commitment Amnesia.

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