Lectures & Public Events

Lecture Series

Summer Science Lecture Series

Thank you to those who joined us for the successful 2009 series! Check back in the spring to see what's in store for 2010. These lectures are free to the public and they take place in a beautiful setting on the lawn of the Cantor Arts Center four Thursday evenings in July and August. Come enjoy a picnic and hear Stanford’s top scientists talk about their research in terms you will understand.

Stanford Pioneers in Science

Please join us this Fall for the continuation of a series inaugurated last year honoring the lives and accomplishments of the University’s most celebrated scientists—faculty members who have been awarded Nobel Prizes, National Medals of Science or Technology, and MacArthur Fellowships.

Free, open to the public, at Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education

SLAC Public Lecture Series

Ever wonder what goes on at SLAC? Here is your chance to find out. The SLAC Public Lecture Series opens the doors to the inner workings of SLAC for the local nonscientific community.

Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences

An introduction to cutting-edge research involving interdisciplinary approaches to bioscience and biotechnology, intended for both specialists and non-specialists. Organized and sponsored by the Stanford Bio-X Program, three seminars each quarter address a broad set of scientific and technical themes related to interdisciplinary approaches to important issues in bioengineering, medicine, and the chemical, physical and biological sciences.

Cafe Scientifique-Stanford

Café Scientifique is an international network of informal groups that brings scientific debate into local communities. Stanford Blood Center joined the Café Scientifique community in Fall 2007 with the goal of fostering medical and scientific learning, and raising awareness within our community about the Blood Center.

Clayman Institute for Gender Research

The Michele R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research is an interdisciplinary center at Stanford focusing on women and gender in science, engineering, technology, mathematics, and business. The Institute's researchers conduct studies on the participation of girls and women in STEM fields and business, offers fellowships for visiting faculty and graduate students doing dissertation research on gender studies, and hosts scholarly as well as public events that promote a better understanding of gender issues in science, technology, and the workplace.

Wonderfest

November 7 - 8, 2009

Wonderfest is an annual weekend event each fall at Stanford and UC Berkeley featuring public lectures about science, high school science quizz competitions, and an award for a scientist who best popularizes science. The events are free and open to the public, so bring your whole familty!

Brainstorms

Brainstorms was a quarterly series highlighting research by Stanford faculty into the new frontiers of science and technology. This series has been discontinued.

You can access recordings of the lectures at Stanford iTunes. (iTunes must be installed on your computer to access the lectures this way.)

To locate a particular lecture on iTunes, the easiest way is to use the "Stanford Power Search" option, then enter a key word from the title of the talk into the "Title" field. To see the entire catalog of these talks, find the section on "Featured Contributors," click the "Show All" link, then locate the Stanford Office of Science Outreach icon. After clicking on that icon, click on the tab for "Brainstorms."

iTunes must be installed on your computer to access the lectures this way.