Please visit our main calendar to find appropriate events across the sciences. If you have an event to share with the CIS, please contact Anika (adane@wesleyan.edu).

This Week's Seminars: 

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series, Wednesday, April 8, 12:10pm-1:10pm, Exley 58

Adele Bubnys, Arbor Bio

A gene editing therapy for Angelman Syndrome

Host: Murolo and WEStern Blots

Physics Colloquium, Thursday April 9, 11:50am, Exley 58

Aditya Sood, Princeton University

Visualizing Atomic-scale Motions on Ultrafast Timescales

DATA FOR GOOD ALUMNI SPEAKERS’ SERIES, Thursday April 9, 12:00pm, Allbritton 311

Jordan Kraemer, Data & Society Research Institute

Data Science & Qualitative Methids in Hate Speech Detection

Part of QAC420 Student Forum
Lunch is served for all events – please RSVP here. 

Please join us in a series of talks by Wesleyan alumni working at various intersections between data and social good! This series is part of Data for Good, a student forum that encourages participants to discuss and develop projects demonstrating how technology and data can be used toward real social and ecological impact.

NSM Faculty Luncheon, Friday, April 10, 11:50am-1:00pm, Woodhead Lounge

Phil Resor, E&ES, Education Studies

Ancient Continental Collisions and Rifts under our Feet: Mapping the Bedrock of Connecticut

Pizza and drinks will be available starting at 11:50am, talk at noon.

Chemistry Colloquia, Friday, February 27, 3:30pm-4:30pm, Hall-Atwater 84

Shikha Nangia, Syracuse University

Treating Alzheimer’s Disease: Bridging scales from Angstroms to Micron

Host: Erika Taylor

This Week's Workshops: 

IDEAS Lab
TBD

This Week's Events: 

Space Night, Wednesday April 9, 8:00pm, Van Vleck Observatory

Learn about what’s up in the night sky at Space Nights, beginning with a half-hour interactive presentation by department students and/or faculty on space news or recent astronomy discoveries, followed by observing through telescopes when it’s clear. Events are aimed at high school level and above, but all visitors are welcome. Registration is not required. Events take place during the academic year on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. Spring 2026 Schedule: February 4th, 11th, 18th, & 25th; March 3rd (Tuesday) & 25th; April 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, & 29th.

50 Years of Science and Technology Studies at Wesleyan
Saturday, April 11 | Frank Center for Public Affairs, rm 100, 101 & Frank Forum

 

  • Additional Seminars of Interest

    NSM Departmental Seminar Series

  • Workshops
    IDEAS Lab Workshops, Spring 2026
    Thursday, February 19th, 11:40-12:50pm: NEW MACHINE: Omtech Laser Cert:  [signup link]
    Friday, February 20th, 12-2pm: Inkscape & Epilog Laser Cert:  [signup link]
    Friday, February 20th, 2-4pm: OnShape & Bambu 3D Printing Cert:  [signup link]
    Tuesday, February 24th, 11:40-12:50pm: Small Woodworking:  [signup link]
    Thursday, February 26th, 11:40-12:50pm: Inkscape & Epilog Laser Cert:  [signup link]
    Thursday, February 27th, 12-2pm: OnShape & Bambu 3D Printing Cert:  [signup link]
    Thursday, February 27th, 2-4pm: NEW MACHINE: Omtech Laser Cert:  [signup link]

    Tuesday, March 3rd, 11:40-12:50pm: OnShape Fundamentals  [signup link]
    Thursday, March 5th, 11:40-12:50pm: Inkscape Fundamentals [signup link]

    For more information contact IDEAS Makerspace Coordinator, Ben Parker at bdparker@wesleyan.edu.

    Scientific Visualization

    These tutorials will focus on chemistry/biology visualization in Blender, a 3D graphics program.
    Dates: March 4, March 27, and April 1
    Time: 5:00-6:30pm
    Location: Digital Design Commons 100
    Presenter: Hamza H.
  • Other Events

    Please visit our main calendar to find appropriate events across the sciences. If you have an event to share with the CIS, please contact Anika (adane@wesleyan.edu).

     

    DATA FOR GOOD ALUMNI SPEAKERS' SERIES

    Part of QAC420 Student Forum
    Lunch is served for all events - please RSVP here. 

    Please join us in a series of talks by Wesleyan alumni working at various intersections between data and social good! This series is part of Data for Good, a student forum that encourages participants to discuss and develop projects demonstrating how technology and data can be used toward real social and ecological impact. 

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    NEW YORK CITY OPEN DATA WEEK TREK

    Part of QAC420 Student Forum

    Sunday, March 22, 7.30AM - 7.00PM

     

    Interested in learning about how complex public datasets can be translated into accessible visual and narrative forms for broad public audiences, highlighting questions of accessibility, ethics, and interpretation? 

    Apply for this one-day excursion to New York City on Sunday Mar 22nd for students participating in the Data for Good forum and other interested Wesleyan students to attend an exhibition during New York Open Data Week, hosted by Data Through Design. Please find more information in the attached link. 

    REGISTRATION VIA THE FOLLOWING HANDSHAKE LINK: https://wesleyan.joinhandshake.com/stu/events/1917468 

    THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS Monday March 2nd.

    Applicants will be notified by Thursday March 4th, and will need to return a confirmation form by Friday, March 6th, to hold their spots on the trek.