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Science Cafes

Science Cafes

The purpose of our Science Cafe events is to empower you with knowledge about your health and engage in a dialogue of current scientific and medical issues to improve the health of your community.  Register Now for an Upcoming Science Cafe
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Upcoming Science Cafe Events

Attend an upcoming Science Cafe event at one of our faith-based partners. 
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Understanding Hospice, Palliative Care and End-Of-Life Issues

TUESDAY, April 8, 2025 @ 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Memorial United Methodist Church
3450 S. 52nd Street, Greenfield, WI 53219

Join us for a free dinner and learn more about end-of-life care. Participate in a discussion and learn more about research findings and how they relate to your health. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m.

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Understanding and Addressing Depression in Older Adults

TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 @ 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

The Life Center Church of God in Christ
8265 W. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI 53223

Join us for a free dinner and learn more about geriatric mental health and depression in older adults. Participate in a discussion and learn more about research findings and how they relate to your health. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. 

About Science Cafes

The very first Science Café (also know as Café Scientifique) was held in Leeds in the United Kingdom in 1998. The founder of this grassroots movement, Duncan Dallas, describes a Café as “a place where, for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, people meet to discuss the latest ideas of science and technology which are changing our lives.” Since then, the Science Cafés have popped up all over the globe, with over 200 worldwide in more than 40 countries and at least 50 in the United States alone. Our Science Café series was the first established in Southeast Wisconsin.

According to the Science Cafes website, a resource site maintained by the WGBH Educational Foundation, there are several ways in which Science Cafés can have educational impact:

  • Conversations increase understanding. Participating in a discussion gives people the chance to think through new ideas and reformulate them in their own words.
  • Conversations increase interest. The open-ended nature of a science café enables people to explore whatever aspects of a topic, or the scientific process in general, interest them most.
  • Conversations lead to more conversations. People enjoy talking about issues at a science café and are therefore likely to discuss the topic outside of the café with friends and family.
  • Conversations are equalizers. Face to face conversations help to dispel misperceptions and stereotypes of scientists and their work.

For our Cafés, the primary focus will be on translational science. We will be able to utilize translational scientists affiliated with the CTSI partner institutions, which affords us a very wide range of topics.

Contact Us

Interested in Hosting a Science Cafe? Contact our team:

Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin
Medical College of Wisconsin
8701 Watertown Plank Rd., Suite M1350
Milwaukee, WI 53226
(414) 955-8200
(414) 955-0050 (fax)

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