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March 2017
CNY Science & Engineering Fair
The MOST hosts its annual Central New York Science & Engineering Fair every March at SRC Arena on the Onondaga Community College campus. Students get the lifelong benefit of understanding science in a unique, hands-on way by actually performing an experiment of their own design or engineering a device or process. There are two categories: Junior, for fourth- through eighth-graders Senior, ninth- through 12th graders All students complete for awards that can include cash prizes. Senior-level students also compete for…
Find out more »April 2017
American Chemical Society National Meeting
San Francisco, CA
Find out more »Sonia Nazario
Sonia Nazario is an award-winning journalist, author and prominent advocate/activist who has drawn widespread attention to such critical social issues as immigration, racial discrimination, hunger and drug addiction, as well as U.S. foreign policy. A reporter for more than 20 years, she is best known for “Enrique’s Journey,” her series of reports for The Los Angeles Times following a Honduran boy’s struggle to find his mother in the United States. It earned the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing and…
Find out more »Junior Cafe Scientifique
TACNY Junior Café Scientifique: Habitat Restoration @ Museum of Science & Technology Apr 15 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am Mark Arrigo, CPM, a project manager and principle scientist at Parsons Corp., will lead a discussion aimed at middle school students about habitat restoration from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 15, at the MOST, 500 S. Franklin St., Syracuse. The cleanup of Onondaga Lake is also restoring approximately 35 acres of important wetland habitat along 1.2 miles of shoreline…
Find out more »National Science Bowl Competition
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Bowl® is a nationwide academic competition that tests students’ knowledge in all areas of science and mathematics. Middle and high school student teams from diverse backgrounds are comprised of four students, one alternate, and a teacher who serves as an advisor and coach. These teams face-off in a fast-paced question-and-answer format, being tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, energy, and math. The Department of Energy…
Find out more »May 2017
Junior Cafe Scientifique
TACNY Junior Café Scientifique: Eye Surgery @ Museum of Science & Technology May 20 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am Dr. Robert W Weisenthal, a clinical professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at Upstate Medical University, will lead a discussion aimed at middle school students about the evolution of eye surgery from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 20, at the MOST, 500 S. Franklin St., Syracuse. “Learn how the evolution of modern technology has profoundly changed our ability to…
Find out more »June 2017
ROCKETS Competition
CNY Rocket Team Challenge @ Syracuse University's Skytop Field Jun 3 @ 8:00 am – 1:00 pm Middle and high school students build rockets from kits, paint them, and bring them to Syracuse University’s Skytop field the first Saturday in June for launching. Teams are judged on the quality of their construction, knowledge of the subject, how well they estimated their trajectory, and whether or not their “eggstronaut” survived its ride into the sky. Awards are given in two categories:…
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TACNY Junior Café Scientifique: Cloud Computing @ Museum of Science & Technology Jun 17 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am Yuzhe (Richard) Tang, PhD, an assistant professor in Syracuse University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, will lead a discussion aimed at middle school students about cloud computing from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, June 17, at the MOST, 500 S. Franklin St., Syracuse. Cloud computing is essentially a virtual computer that executes commands and stores data when we watch…
Find out more »November 2017
Ligand-Guided Selection (LIGS):A SELEX Variant to Identify Specific Aptamers Against Cell-surface Markers
Westchester Local Section Westchester Chemical Society New York Section of the American Chemical Society SPECIAL SEMINAR – FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2017 Refreshments 5:30 p.m. Lecture 6:00 p.m. Ligand-Guided Selection (LIGS):A SELEX Variant to Identify Specific Aptamers Against Cell-surface Markers Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Chemistry New Science Hall-Office S-4404/Lab S-4401 City University of New York-Lehman College 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West Bronx, NY 10468 Nucleic Acid Aptamers (NAAs)…
Find out more »Westchester Chemical Society New York Section of the American Chemical Society SPECIAL MEETING AND BREWERY TOUR – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Cost: $30.00 per person (checks payable to The Westchester Chemical Society) Must be 21 or older, includes two beers and a selection of hors d’oeuvres. ATTENDANCE IS LIMITED – RSVP REQUIRED BY NOVEMBER 9, 2017 See Below THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017 Tasting Begins 5:15 p.m. Lecture 5:30-7:00 p.m. NovemberFest – The Science and Art of…
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