[Sci-all-l] HUDSON VALLEY SCIENCE CAFÉ TO OPEN IN SPRING

[Flora Grabowska]

Hudson Valley Science Café To Open In Spring

Science Cafes are informal meetings held in cafes, usually once a 
month, for the discussion of important and interesting scientific 
issues. They are open to the public. The first "Cafes Scientifiques" 
were held in the UK in Leeds in 1998. From there, cafes gradually 
spread throughout the UK and the rest of the world. Currently, over 
150 cafes meet regularly to hear scientists talk about their work and 
discuss it with diverse audiences.  A wide range of issues relating 
to science and technology have included such topics as climate 
change, the chemistry of chocolate, issues and obstacles of 
nanotechnology, biodiversity, cancer risk factors, consciousness, 
Darwinism, why some marriages succeed and others fail, genetically 
modified organisms and more.  A Science Café for the Hudson Valley 
will be located at 280 Broadway in Newburgh, NY.  Newburgh  is 
centrally located, less than 1 hour from most of  Westchester, 
Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Ulster, and Dutchess counties in New York, 
as well as parts of Northern New Jersey and Western Connecticut. If 
you would like to be added to the email list to learn about speakers, 
suggest speakers, or if you have experience speaking to the public 
(and a topic of general interest), please email me.

Further information about Science Cafes can be found at 
http://www.cafescientifique.org/north%20america-links.htm
Hope to see some of you soon.

Toby G. Rossman, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Medicine
NYU School of Medicine
rossman at env.med.nyu.edu

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Toby G. Rossman, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Medicine
Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
57 Old Forge Road
Tuxedo, NY  10987
Voice: 845-731-3616
FAX:   845-351-3489
http://www.med.nyu.edu/people/rossmt01.html
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