Science Cafés

A Science Café is an opportunity for the community and a UA scientist to have conversation over food and drinks. With a smaller audience, a Science Café provides an intimate setting with a dialog between the public and those conducting science. A Science Café offers a casual meeting place, plain language and inclusive conversation, creating a welcoming and comfortable atmosphere. Science Cafés occur consistently, always the same place, time and day of the week.

February

Tumamoc Hill
Southwestern Palynology and Paleoecology
Dr. Owen Davis
Wednesday, February 13 @ 6:00pm

Cushing Street Bar & Restaurant 
Solar Membrane Distillation For Sustainable Water Supply and Reclamation
Andrea Corral
Tuesday, Feburary 19 @ 6:00pm

SaddleBrooke
Delicious Poisons from Plants and Why Wasabi is Hot
Noah Whiteman
Thursday, February 21 @ 6:00pm

March

Tumamoc Hill
The Initial Apperance and Development
of Pottery Making in the Sonoran Desert
James Heidke
Wednesday, March 6 @ 6:00pm

Cushing Street Bar & Restaurant 
Southwest River Ecosystems:  the Challenge of Tamarisk Trees
Susanna Pearlstein
Tuesday, March 12 @ 6:00pm

SaddleBrooke
Science at Arizona
Dr. Joaquin Ruiz
Thursday, March 14 @ 6:00pm

April

Tumamoc Hill
Saguaro Secrets: A Geochemical View of Water Use, Growth and Climate Responses
Dr. David Dettman
Wednesday, April 10 @ 6:00pm

Cushing Street Bar & Restaurant 
Wildlife Forensic Genetics and a Regional Mountain Lion Database for Arizona
Ashwin Naidu
Tuesday, April 16 @ 6:00pm

SaddleBrooke
Ancient Mars Piques our Curiosity
Dr. Shane Byrne
Thursday, April 25 @ 6:00pm

May

Tumamoc Hill
Greener Cities: Strategies for Ecological Design and Opportunities for Citizen Scientists
Dr. Mitch Pavao-Zuckerman
Wednesday, May 8 @ 6:00pm

Cushing Street Bar & Restaurant 
The Soils of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona
Rebecca Lybrand
Tuesday, May 21 @ 6:00pm

 

VENUES

Cushing Street Bar & Restaurant
198 West Cushing Street, Tucson, AZ
(520) 622-7984 · cushingstreet.com

Saddlebrooke
38759 South Mountain View Blvd.

Tumamoc Hill
Off West Anklam Rd., just west of North Silverbell Rd.
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For more information
For current schedule and more information, please email UA Science Outreach at edeely@email.arizona.edu, or call (520) 621-1210.