Stay tuned for July 2025 Michiana Science Cafe topic and speaker!
The Michiana Science Cafe is part of a global movement to make science available to everyone and encourage communities to participate in conversations about all types of science. The cafes take place in casual settings, are targeted towards adults, and are designed to give participants an opportunity to meet, hear from, and ask questions of local scientists.
Events are held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm, and details on each month’s theme and speaker can be found on the Michiana Science Cafe Facebook page. You can also sign up to receive notifications about each month’s event through SPI’s email list serv.
“Fantastic engagement with the community! I am a student and find that it’s always accessible whether or not the topic is within my field and the event is always run so well. It’s very cool and motivating to see the community engage with science.”
Previous topics include:
- June 2025: The Evolved Nest: How We Raise Healthy Children and Healthy Communities by Dr. Darcia Narvaez
- Running a Zoo
- Gardening with Native Plants
- So you want to Build a Brain
- The Secret Social Lives of Bacteria
- How to Create Life from Scratch
- The Unity of Knowledge in Science and Art
- A Glimpse of Astronomy: a Tour of Our Neighborhood
- The Microbiome: Hype, Health, and Hope
- The Intriguing World of Mosquitoes: from Ecology to Public Health
- The Secret World of Cicadas
- Restoring Tallgrass Prairies to Capture Carbon: The Role of Fire, Roots, and Microbes
- PFAS and Microplastics in our Drinking Water
- Nuclear Facts, Future, and Fiction
- Artificial Intelligence and society
- Fe”Brew”ary: The Science of Beer-Making
- After Antibiotics: Investigating Novel Therapies to Combat Multi-Drug Resistant Bacterial Infections
- Nuclear Energy — the Better Energy?
- COVID-19: Epidemiology and Testing
- The High Place Phenomenon: Treating the Fear of Heights and Why We Have the Urge to Jump
- What Does Climate Action Look Like in South Bend?
- Toxicology Barcode: How Improved Chemical Tests Help the Fight Against Fatal Overdose
- NextGen Human-Drone Partnerships in Emergency Response