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    Thursday, September 23, 2010 | 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM

    Lyceum Society: Horseshoe Crab Copper-Based Circulatory System

    Speaker: John Tanacredi (Dowling College)

    The Lyceum Society is comprised of the Academy's retired and semi-retired members. Talks cover various scientific fields. All Academy members are welcome.

    September 23 - 25, 2010

    Building Better Brains: Neural Prosthetics and Beyond

    Keynote Speaker: Apostolos P. Georgopoulos (University of Minnesota Medical School)

    Neural prosthetic devices to replace motor, sensory, and cognitive function lost by disease or trauma hold great therapeutic promise but have not been widely used in people. This conference will examine how to use neural prosthetics therapeutically.

    Thursday, September 30, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 7:15 PM

    192nd Annual Meeting of the New York Academy of Sciences

    The Board of Governors of The New York Academy of Sciences cordially invites members to the 192nd Annual Meeting.

    Thursday, September 30, 2010 | 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

    An Historic Hull on Hallowed Ground: Three Experts Discuss the 200-Year-Old Ship Next Door

    Speakers: Norman Brouwer (Maritime Historian), Nichole Doub (Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum), and Michael Pappalardo (Senior Archaeologist, AKRF)

    Presentations by three of the experts involved in the exciting excavation of the 18th century ship found 20 feet underground in Lower Manhattan this summer.

    Thursday, October 21, 2010 | 11:30 PM - 3:00 PM

    Lyceum Society: Pain and Placebos

    Speaker: Ralph Kaslick

    The Lyceum Society is comprised of the Academy's retired and semi-retired members. Talks cover various scientific fields. All Academy members are welcome.

  • Past Events

    Thursday, January 21, 2010 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

    Lyceum Society - From the Babylonians to Newton: The Evolution of Exact Science in Geography and Astronomy

    Speaker: Joel Kirman, CE

    The Lyceum Society is comprised of the Academy's retired and semi-retired members. Talks cover various scientific fields. All Academy members are welcome.

    Monday, December 7, 2009 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

    No Small Matter: An Evening with Felice Frankel and George Whitesides

    Speakers: Felice Frankel and George Whitesides (Harvard University)

    Science & the City hosts renowned science photographer Felice Frankel and nanotechnology pioneer George Whitesides both of Harvard University, for an evening of astounding art and world-changing science at the launch of their coffee-table book No Small Matter, a book that reveals the virtually invisible realities of nanoscience.

    Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

    Biology and Social Justice Case Studies: An Innovative Approach For Reaching Diverse Student Populations

    Speaker: Katayoun Chamany (Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts)

    Learn how to incorporate issues of social responsibility into the traditional biology curriculum to attract and maintain the interest of a diverse population of students.

    Monday, October 19, 2009 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

    The Greatest Show on Earth: An Evening with Richard Dawkins

    Science & the City presents an intimate evening with Richard Dawkins. In his new book he justifies his reputation as “Darwin’s Rottweiler” by laying out the evidence that evolution is an incontrovertible fact. The Greatest Show on Earth is a thrilling tour into our distant past and the interstices of life on earth.