Past Science Cafes
The Science Cafe was the first science event series started by the Dahlonega Science Council in 2016. A list of some of our recent cafes can be found below.
Thank you to everyone who has shared in these great discussions about exciting and cutting edge science. Join us for more cafes in the future!
Past Science Cafes
May 13, 2024
Dr. Patterson
Of Mice and Mammoths: What were ecosystems like on the Georgia coast 60,000 years ago?
Apr 15, 2024
Hannah Burch, Alex Christensen, and Kim Nguyen
Student Scientists
Mar 25, 2024
Dr. Erin Bush
Managing Objectionable Girls: Juvenile Delinquency and Eugenics in the Early 20th Century
Feb 26, 2024
Dr. Jeremy Olson
Transparent Wood: New applications of a sustainable building material
Jan 29, 2024
Dr. Dilina Perera
Glimpse into the Fascinating World of AI: A Physicist’s Perspective
Dec 4, 2023
Dr. Greg Feiden
Supermassive Black Holes: Monsters Lurking in the Shadows
Nov 20, 2023
Dr. Rachel Rogers
Forever Chemicals and Drinking Water: What you need to know
Oct 30, 2023
Dr. Evan Lampert
Gentle Joros: Living with North Georgia’s Most Famous Exotic Spiders
Sept 25, 2023
Dr. Neal Lin
Cautionary Tales of Improper Food Canning and Botulism
Aug 28, 2023
Dr. Claire Livingston and Kris Lange
From Grapes to Glass
May 22, 2023
Patrick Smallwood
100,000 Seeds, but Very Few Plants
May 8, 2023
James Costa
Radical by Nature
Apr 3, 2023
David R. Peoples
Machines and Soul Into a Musical Thought
Mar 20, 2023
Patrick Hightower
A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow: Disney, Nature, and Progress
Feb 13, 2023
Francisco Guzman
What’s the matter with the matter of the universe?
Dec 5, 2022
Linda Purvis
Which came first, chicken or hormones? Debunking the hormone myth.
Nov 7, 2022
Aimee Tomlinson
OLEDs, solar cells, and electrochromic materials, oh my!
Oct 17, 2022
Patrick Bunton
Renewable energies: solar wind and beyond
Sep 19, 2022
Jill Schulze
Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis): The good, the bad, and a few things you might regret learning
Aug 15, 2022
Evan Lampert
No murders in the Peach State: Large wasps and hornets of North Georgia