Calendar includes Telluride Science events as well as public events held at the Center.

And while we love all of our events, featured below are some of our favorites.

  • The Pink Pill

    Telluride Innovation Center 300 S. Townsend, Telluride, CO, United States

    Telluride Science is partnering with Original Thinkers and the Telluride Regional Medical Center for a special screening of The Pink Pill—a thought-provoking documentary that takes a closer look at the science and stories behind women’s health. This compelling documentary explores the complex and often controversial...

  • Telluride Healthcare Update

    Telluride Innovation Center 300 S. Townsend, Telluride, CO, United States

    Leaders from the Telluride Medical Center Task Force invite the Telluride community to a casual information session on building the future of healthcare in Telluride. Learn about recent progress and the current status of plans to build a modern, financially sustainable medical center that meets...

  • HKCS Data Sharing Workshop

    Telluride Innovation Center 300 S. Townsend, Telluride, CO, United States

    📊 What’s really happening with our youth? Let’s talk about it. Join us on March 31st as we share highlights from the 2025 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS) and dive into what the data tells us about the strengths and needs of our local youth....

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  • The Science of Connection: How Our Relationships with Animals Shape Health and Well Being

    Telluride Innovation Center 300 S. Townsend, Telluride, CO, United States

    What does science have to say about the bonds we form with other animals — and why do those bonds matter so deeply for our health? In this talk, Dr. Kevin Morris, American Humane endowed chair and executive director of the University of Denver's Institute...

  • Can we change the weather (and do we really want to?)

    Town Talk
    Telluride Conference Center 580 Mountain Village Blvd, Telluride, CO, United States

    This town talk will be presented by Derek Posselt, Principal Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. If you live on planet Earth, you have had to worry about the weather at some point. Most of us have heard some version of the expression: "If you don't...

  • Creating with AI: The Tools Worth Using and How to Use Them

    Telluride Conference Center 580 Mountain Village Blvd, Telluride, CO, United States

    Creating with AI is a hands-on workshop that teaches you how to develop exceptional marketing content while preserving your brand voice. If you’ve been overwhelmed by the surge of AI tools and aren’t sure what’s actually useful, this workshop cuts through the noise. You’ll see...

  • Good Vibrations: Water, Proteins, and the Molecular Motions that Make Biology Possible

    Town Talk
    Telluride Conference Center 580 Mountain Village Blvd, Telluride, CO, United States

    This town talk will be presented by Matthias Heyden, Arizona State University. Water is far more than a refreshing drink — its unique molecular properties make life possible. By forming a dynamic network of weak chemical bonds, water acts as both a selective solvent and...

  • Small Molecules at the Origins of Life

    Town Talk
    Telluride Conference Center 580 Mountain Village Blvd, Telluride, CO, United States

    This town talk will be presented by David Lacy, University of Buffalo.  How did the atoms in the universe come together to form life? At the heart of this mystery is the conversion of small molecules into the building blocks of life, driven by metallocofactors—enzyme-like...

  • Tau: A shape-shifting protein that may hold the key to early detection of brain diseases

    Town Talk
    Telluride Conference Center 580 Mountain Village Blvd, Telluride, CO, United States

    This town talk will be presented by Lukasz Joachimiak, Associate Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center.  Tau is a protein in brain cells that normally helps support their internal structure. In more than 25 brain diseases, including Alzheimer’s, tau can misfold and clump together into harmful...

  • Breakthroughs in RNA Science: From Basic Research to Medicine

    Town Talk
    Telluride Conference Center 580 Mountain Village Blvd, Telluride, CO, United States

    Phil Bevilacqua, from Penn State University, will present breakthroughs in RNA medicine over the last decade including using CRISPR for gene editing, developing mRNA vaccines for stopping pandemics and curing cancer, and the investigating the roles of RNA in the origin of life itself.  He...