TSRC and Pinhead Institute are proud to bring the Pinhead Town Talk science lecture series to the regional community for our 7th season.
Every Tuesday Evening
June 16 - August 18
6:00 – 7:15 pm
Telluride Conference Center in Mountain Village
Free admission
Cash Bar
Thanks to the continuing sponsorship by Telluride Mountain Village Owner's Association (TMVOA), the Town Talk series is free of charge. Donations are always welcomed.
SUMMER SCHEDULE
Tuesday June 16 How Life Works: The emerging revolution in biology Jeffrey Skolnick, Georgia Institute of Technology Biology Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Systems Biology
Tuesday June 23 Tipping Points: Avoiding collapse in economic, molecular, and social networks Rigoberto Hernandez, Professor of Chemistry at the Georgia Institute of Technology
Tuesday June 30 Water, water everywhere: But do we understand a drop of it? Iwao Ohmine, Professor of Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University
Tuesday July 7 The Cannabis Conundrum: The science and politics of the world’s most controversial plant* George Weiblen, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota
Tuesday July 14 Extreme Honesty: Disclosing medical errors and patient harm Tim McDonald, M.D., J.D., Chief Safety and Quality Officer for Health Affairs, Univ of Illinois Rick Boothman, JD, Chief Risk Officer, University of Michigan Health System David Mayer, MD, Associate Dean for Education and Co-Executive Director Institute for Patient Safety Excellence, University of Illinois Medical Center
Tuesday July 21 Science of Explosions: Blowing things up for fun, profit, war, and medicine Dana D. Dlott, University of Illinois Lycan Professor of Chemistry
Tuesday July 28 Special 25th Anniversary Presentation and Panel Discussion Chaos Theory: Weather Prediction and Climate Change William P. Reinhardt, University of Washington Chemistry and Physics Professor; presentation followed by a panel discussion with Mark Ratner, Northwestern University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, and two climatologists, Julia Cole and Jonathan Overpeck, Professors of Geosciences at The University of Arizona
Tuesday August 4 Special 25th Anniversary, R. Stephen Berry Lecture and the "Cincinnati Dancing Pigs" Personalized Energy: A Carbon-Neutral Energy Supply for Each Individual (x 6 Billion People) Daniel G. Nocera, R. Stephen Berry Lecturer, "Henry Dreyfus Professor" of Energy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Tuesday August 11 Sprites, Elves, and Blue Jets: Strange lights in the sky Earle Williams, Research Scientists, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
TSRC and Pinhead Institute are proud to bring the Pinhead Town Talk science lecture series to the regional community for our 7th season. 