MSU Science Festival

April 5 – 20, 2019

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    Science Gallery Detroit: Collisions Between Science and Art

    Sunday, April 7, 2019, 4:00 - 5:00 PM at Art Lab 565 E Grand River Avenue East Lansing, MI 48823

    Appropriate for: All Ages

    Explore a sampling of the Science Gallery interactive and participatory exhibits!

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  • Four people holding up communication blurbs.

    3 in 30: The Science of Effective Communication

    Sunday, April 7, 2019, 7:00 - 9:00 PM at Art Lab 565 E Grand River Avenue East Lansing, MI 48823

    Appropriate for: Eight years and up

    Join us as we feature three of MSU's top communication researchers sharing and discussing how their work can help make communication more effective. A diverse set of speakers from the School of Journalism, the Department of Advertising and Public Relations, and the Department of Communication will showcase how one of their projects tells us something novel about communication that effective communicators need to know.

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    Plants, Propagation, and You!

    Monday, April 8, 2019, 7:00 - 8:30 PM at Lansing Brewing Company 518 E Shiawassee Street Lansing, MI 48912

    Appropriate for: All Ages

    Join Bethany Troy of the MSU Horticulture Gardens to dig in and learn all about the benefits of working with plants and how you can grow your collection through propagation.

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  • pint glass , "Astronomy on Tap Lansing"

    Astronomy on Tap

    Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 7:30 - 10:00 PM at The Loft 414 E Michigan Avenue Lansing, MI 48933

    Appropriate for: Over 21 years only

    Astronomy is even better with beer! Come learn how scientists explore the universe at a bar near you. This FREE event features accessible, engaging science presentations on topics ranging from planets to black holes to the beginning of the Universe. Presenters are from local research and educational institutions like Michigan State University. We will have a trivia game to test your astronomy knowledge and space-themed raffle prizes! There will also be lots of time to ask questions and interact with the presenters and other scientists who tag along for the beer.

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  • Science on Tap logo with atoms circling around a beer.

    Science on Tap Grand Rapids: The Science of Brewing

    Thursday, April 11, 2019, 8:00 - 10:00 PM at SpeakEZ Lounge 600 Monroe Avenue NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503

    Appropriate for: All Ages

    Science on Tap is an opportunity for conversation, debate, and interaction between scientists and the public while enjoying your favorite libation. Each month at the SpeakEZ Lounge, a knowledgeable expert hosts a discussion about a current scientific topic: cutting edge cancer detection techniques, climate change, Ebola virology, sex in the animal kingdom, Parkinson's disease, or brewing beer, to name just a few. This is a great chance to indulge your academic interests in a casual setting, while enjoying great food and beverages.

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    Atwater Brewery Tours

    Sunday, April 14, 2019, 5:00 - 6:30 PM at Atwater Brewery 237 Jos Campau Detroit, MI 48207

    Appropriate for: Over 21 years only

    Explore the process and science behind beer making and distribution at Atwater Brewery. Tours will start every 30 minutes starting at 5pm. Spots are first come first serve.

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    Science on Tap: Urban Agriculture & Food Security in Detroit

    Sunday, April 14, 2019, 7:00 - 9:00 PM at Atwater Brewery 237 Jos Campau Detroit, MI 48207

    Appropriate for: All Ages

    Join us for a pint as we dive into topics including urban farming, environmental systems thinking, and food security in Detroit. Talks include: Fungi & Food Security Presented by Tess Burzynski of Fungi Freights This talk will cover the basic principles of sustainable food security and environmental systems thinking. We will talk about how mushroom farming is a sustainable way to provide food, medicine, and remediation to communities while operating in a sustainable manner. By applying systems thinking and basic environmental analysis, we can help solve food scarcity with mushrooms! Weeds: It's the Bee's Knees! Presented by Timothy Paule and Nicole Lindsey of Detroit Hives Join Detroit Hives and discover how Detroit's vacant lots provide food security for pollinators.

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  • Graphic of a nucleus with veins coming out of it.

    Fantastic Nuclei and Where to Find Them

    Monday, April 15, 2019, 7:00 - 8:00 PM at Lansing Brewing Company 518 E Shiawassee Street Lansing, MI 48912

    Appropriate for: Over 21 years only

    Stars are fascinating to study, but you wouldn’t want to live there. MSU’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory can recreate the stellar environment for more controlled (and safer) research. Discover how our scientists are producing the kinds of nuclei only found in stars reproducing star-like reactions!

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  • Biology on Tap logo with a stork and a snake inside of a beer.

    Biology on Tap!

    Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 7:30 - 9:30 PM at The Loft 414 E Michigan Avenue Lansing, MI 48933

    Appropriate for: Over 21 years only

    Just like you, biologists love beer! Professors, researchers, and biologists discuss their favorite things about the natural world around them. Each FREE event features accessible, engaging science presentations on topics ranging from mammals to mating, E. coli to evolution, and pollinators to parasites. Each event includes two different presenters, as well as games, raffles, and prizes! Presenters come from local research institutions like Michigan State University to talk to YOU. So stop by, ask questions, and hang out with the presenters and other fun, beer-loving scientists!

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  • A woman laughing on the couch.

    Comedy and the Brain

    Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 7:00 - 9:00 PM at American Fifth Spirits 112 N Larch Street Lansing, Michigan 48912

    Appropriate for: Over 21 years only

    Join Lansing comedian Pat Sievert and MSU Neuroscience Club President Kassy Fifer as we explore the relationship between comedy and the brain.

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    Revealing the Mysteries of the Brain

    Thursday, April 18, 2019, 7:00 - 8:00 PM at American Fifth Spirits 112 N. Larch Street Lansing, MI 48912

    Appropriate for: All Ages

    We wonder about the jelly in our heads that generates our thoughts and feelings. Recently President Obama announced the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) initiative, intended to be a 'moonshot' project to understand how the brain makes and shapes the mind. What will this project do? How do we try to measure brain activity? How does that help us understand how our minds work? This talk will describe some of the new technologies that reveal the hidden world of the brain.

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