Events

Join the Institute’s David J. Caruso for a three-part online course on military medicine during the Spanish–American War and World War I.

Tanja Gruber discusses her company’s platform for turning the carbon found in biomass into useful materials.

Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!

Historians and social scientists of science, technology, and medicine discuss their collaborative work to develop and deploy “embedded connections” in the humanities and STEM fields.

Join us for a night of “whodunits” and solve a historical forensics murder mystery.

Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!

From Rachel Carson to ACT UP, explore how scientists and activists have shaped discovery and created change.

Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!

Nobel laureate and Stanford professor Carolyn Bertozzi presents the 2023 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture.

This conference will address the urgent need for new technologies and data analytics in water management.

César de la Fuente and Michael Mahan delve into AI-assisted antibiotic drug development.

Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!

This “drop-in” tour highlights the science of natural dyes and textiles, the technology behind synthetic clothing, and the impact of fashion on human health and the environment.

Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!

Meet scientists doing cutting-edge research in physics, medicine, biochemistry, and more.

Drop in for a tour highlighting the central role of women in shaping chemistry and the material sciences throughout history.

Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!

In this four-part Roundtable course, James Voelkel will cover the period in astronomy surrounding Copernicus’s proposal that the earth revolves around the sun.

Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!

In this five-part course, Roger Turner follows some of science’s most colorful characters and the role their instruments have played in changing the world.

Join Nobel laureate Roald Hoffmann as he shares an untold story about science and immigration.

This “drop-in” tour highlights the science of natural dyes and textiles, the technology behind synthetic clothing, and the impact of fashion on human health and the environment.

Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!

Yury Gogotsi will discuss the multitude of applications offered by MXenes, the fastest-growing family of nanomaterials.

From Rachel Carson to ACT UP, explore how scientists and activists have shaped discovery and created change.

From plastics circularity in healthcare to changing modes of recycling, the 2023 T. T. Chao Symposium on Innovation will reveal new perspectives on plastics.

This “drop-in” tour highlights the science of natural dyes and textiles, the technology behind synthetic clothing, and the impact of fashion on human health and the environment.

The 2024 Cain Conference will explore how the stories of diverse scientists can empower young girls and people of color to see themselves as valuable contributors to the STEM fields.