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Science On Screen continues May 8 with Simon DeDeo and 'Sneakers'

April 30, 2013 -

The popular Science On Screen series returns to Santa Fe Wednesday evening, May 8, with Simon DeDeo and the 1992 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Seminar - Current and Upcoming Events - May 2, 2013

* 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.

May 8, 2013

12:15 p.m.

Evolution of Multicellularity: Performance Consequences of Being Unicellular vs. Colonial in Protozoan Ancestors of Animals

Collins Conference Room

Seminar

Mimi Koehl (University of California, Berkeley, and SFI Science Board)

Purpose: Research Collaboration

SFI Host: Jennifer Dunne

May 10, 2013

12:15 p.m.

Simulating Long-Distance Dispersal of Larvae from Coral Reefs in the Coral Triangle of the Western Pacific

Collins Conference Room

Seminar

Zack Powell (University of California, Berkeley)

Purpose: Research Collaboration

SFI Host: Jennifer Dunne

May 13, 2013

3:30 p.m.

Cost Estimating is a Stealth Discipline

Collins Conference Room

Seminar

Stefan Pickl (Universität der Bundewehr München; Munich, Germany) and Dr. Daniel A. Nussbaum (Naval Postgraduate School)

Purpose: Research Collaboration

SFI Host: Jerry Sabloff

May 15, 2013

12:15 p.m.

The Evolution of Fragility

Collins Conference Room

Seminar

Norman Yoffee (Prof. emeritus, Depts of Near Eastern Studies and Anthropology, University of Michigan)

Purpose: Research Collaboration

SFI Host: Jerry Sabloff

May 20, 2013

12:15 p.m.

Collins Conference Room

Seminar

Steve Lansing (University of Arizona; SFI External Professor)

Purpose: Research Collaboration

SFI Host: Jennifer Dunne

May 24, 2013

12:15 p.m.

Cultural Morphospace and Technological Evolution

Collins Conference Room

Seminar

Peter N. Peregrine (Lawrence University)

Purpose: Research Collaboration

SFI Host: Jerry Sabloff

June 10, 2013

12:15 p.m.

The Slum as Organism

Collins Conference Room

Seminar

Jan Nijman (Director, Center for Urban Studies, University of Amsterdam)

Purpose: Research Collaboration

SFI Host: Geoffrey West

June 24, 2013

12:15 p.m.

Fisheries and Global Warming Impact on Global Ecosystems

Collins Conference Room

Seminar

Daniel Pauly (The University of British Columbia)

SFI Host: Jennifer Dunne

July 10, 2013

12:15 p.m.

Collins Conference Room

Seminar

Catie Grasso (Oregon Health & Science University)

Purpose: Research Collaboration

SFI Host: Cris Moore

Aug. 7, 2013

12:15 p.m.

Cancer as a Failure of Multicellularity: The Role of Cellular Evolution

Collins Conference Room

Seminar

John Pepper (National Cancer Institute)

Purpose: Research Collaboration

SFI Host: Jennifer Dunne

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