ACS Fall National Meeting
Boston, MA

Bassam's Talks:

Sunday, August 19
1:35 p.m.
Sharing the joy of chemistry with kids of all ages:
Remembering Phyllis A. Brauner
Location: Seaport World Trade Center, Beacon Hill 1

Monday, August 20
11:25 a.m.
Citizen Science… For the benefit of Earth and its people
Location: Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Room 260

Good Neighbor Festival
Middleton, WI

Festival Information

Friday: Science is Fun Exploration Stations, 5-8 p.m.
Saturday: Science is Fun Exploration Stations, 4-8 p.m.
Sunday: Parade, beginning at Noon

The Larry Meiller Show
11:00 a.m.
Wisconsin Public Radio

Science is Fun at the Westside Community Market
9:00am - 12:00pm
Located behind UW Health Digestive Health Center
Corner of University Avenue & University Row

Market Information

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Science is Fun
1:00 p.m.
La Crosse Central High School
1801 Losey Boulevard S
La Crosse, WI

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Science is Fun
12:15 & 1:00pm
Alma Area Schools
S1618 State Road 35
Alma, WI

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WaterFEST
Crossroads at Big Creek
4:00 p.m.
2041 Michigan St.
Sturgeon Bay, WI

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Climate Science Concepts Fit Your Classroom
All day
UW-Madison Campus

The Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy is pleased to announce another series of workshops for high school science teachers and first-year college science faculty. WISL aims to enrich excellence in classroom activities and is offering two workshops on Climate Science in the Fall of 2018.

Information and Application

Application deadline: August 23

Science is Fun Exploration Stations
8-9:00 p.m.
Discovery Building, following the Crossroads of Ideas Lecture
UW-Madison Campus

Science is Fun at Fitchburg Public Library
11:00 a.m.
5530 Lacy Road
Fitchburg, WI

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The Larry Meiller Show
11:00 a.m.
Wisconsin Public Radio

Wisconsin Science Festival
Madison, WI and Throughout the State

Friday, October 12:
Addressing Climate Change Interactive Session
3:45-5:15 p.m.
This talk is free but pre-registration is required.
More information

Saturday, October 13:
Climate Science Workshop for Teachers
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
More information
Applications open August 24

Science is Fun Exploration Stations
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Sunday, October 14:
Science is Fun Exploration Stations
10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Addressing Climate Change Interactive Session
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
This talk is free but pre-registration is required.
More information

Science is Fun Extravaganza
2:00 p.m.
Discovery Building
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Festival information

10th Annual Visual Science Poster Session
3:00-5:30 p.m., Poster Session
5:45 p.m., Distinguished Guest Lecture, Jeremy M. Wolfe, PhD
OMG, I did not see that! The science of missing what is right in front of your eyes.
Health Sciences Learning Center
750 Highland Avenue
UW-Madison Campus

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National Chemistry Week
Phyllis A. Brauner Memorial Lecture by Prof. Shakhashiri
1:00 & 4:00 p.m.
Boston Museum of Science
Boston, MA

Climate Science Concepts Fit Your Classroom
All day
UW-Madison Campus

The Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy is pleased to announce another series of workshops for high school science teachers and first-year college science faculty. WISL aims to enrich excellence in classroom activities and is offering two workshops on Climate Science in the Fall of 2018.

Information and Application

Application deadline: August 23

Tut and Nero: Wild on Wheels
Bela Sandor, Engineering Physics
UW-Madison Emeritus Faculty Lectures
2-3:00 p.m.
The Pyle Center
702 Langdon Street
Madison, WI

Leading to Homer’s riddles of Hector’s hearse:
The Iliad, Book 24 / Nicholas Richardson, 1993,
the gold standard of commentaries:

“…they brought out the nine-cubit-long yoke-binding,
along with the yoke. And the yoke they fitted properly
on to the well-polished pole…”

What’s a proper fitting, and a nine-cubit binding?

The solutions to the riddles emerge from a long story,
including Tut-chariots and the Ben-Hur/Messala race…

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