Nebraska Citizens for Science - Calendar

Nebraska Citizens for Science - Calendar
Lincoln Forum on Science and Religion
Program Calendar, 2018
Nebraska Citizens for Science (NCFS)
649 So. 18th Street, #31
Lincoln, NE 68508
(402) 477-0205
Visitors welcome
Thursday, Jan 4th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, The Diversity of Bees and What Ails Them, Kayla Mollet, UNL Dept. of Entomology, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, Jan 18th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Voyager's 40 year march into space, documentary followed by discussion, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, Feb 1st, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, No meeting, some of us went to UNL holocaust survivor program - Lincoln

Thursday, Feb 15th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, The Genius of Charles Darwin, BBC video, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, Mar 1st, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Educated: a Memoir, CSpan video - girl goes from rural Idaho survivalist to Cambridge PhD. St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, Mar 15th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, No meeting, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, Mar 22nd, 2018, 7 PM, Special event, Steven Pinker, Fawl lecture series @ Nebraska Wesleyan, O'Donnell Auditorium - Campus map - Lincoln

Thursday, Apr 5th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Nova - Secrets of the Sun, Video followed by discussion, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, Apr 19th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, The Neglected Lectures on Conversion and Saintliness in William James’ VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE, Dan Crawford, Dept of Philosophy & Religious Studies, UNL, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, Apr 19th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, , St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, May 3rd, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, CRISPRS, Editing DNA, several videos including one by Jennifer Doudna, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, May 17th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Exploring the Science in Political Science, Prof. Kevin Smith, Dept. of Politcal Science, UNL, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, June 7th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, The Nature of Information, BBC documentary, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, June 21st, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Earth Under Water In Next 20 Years, National Geographic video followed by discussion, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, July 5th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, The Boeing 747, the Jet that Changed the World, video followed by discussion, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, July 19th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Teach for America, a couple of videos followed by discussion on improving education in poverty stricken areas. St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, August 2nd, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Nova: Secrets of Noah's Ark, documentary followed by discussion, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, August 15th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Secrets of the Pyramids, video followed by discussion, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, Sept 6th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, It's a Miracle!?: What Modern Science Tells Us about Popular Bible Stories, Clay Naff, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, Sept 20th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, No meeting, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, Oct 4th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Frances Arnold on directed evolution, Video, followed by discussion. Arnold was in Lincoln last week for a chemistry award lecture and has just won the Nobel proze! St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, Oct 18th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, You Call that a 'Scope, Bro'?, Brian Sivill on telescopes and the people who use them, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Wednesday, Oct 30th, 2018, 7 PM, REASON Omaha fall forum, The Midterm Electorate: Patterns and Predictions, Sue Crawford, District 45 State Senator, and Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Creighton University, Room 205/209, Weitz Community Engagement Center, south of parking lot E, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge St - Omaha

Thursday, Nov 1st, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, The Future of Media is Weirder Than You Think, Matthew Waite, College of Journalism and Mass Communications, UNL, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, Nov 15th, 2018, 7 PM, Special event, Unlearning God: How Unbelieving Helped Me Believe, Philip Gulley, First Plymouth Church - 20th & D - Lincoln

Thursday, Dec 6th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Corvid intelligence, PBS Nature program followed by discussion, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln

Thursday, Dec 20th, 2018, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Sinking cities - Miami, PBS video followed by discussion, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln