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Chicago Council on Science & Technology 2015 Year in Review Chicago Council On Science & Technology 2015 Year In Review President's Message We are proud to present our 2014 – We would like to feature more speakers from startups who 2015 Annual Review to our supporters, have successfully commercialized scientific concepts and members and friends. technologies in the Chicago area. On The Table Chicago Council on Science and We will also be hosting three virtual events in 2016, via The conversation not only prompted participants Technology brings high-quality Google Hangouts. In addition to our live streamed events, to reflect on their personal philanthropic initiatives, programming to the public on a this will allow C2ST fans from outside of the Chicago area to but it also made clear that C2ST is capturing its variety of topics, featuring members of take part in our programming, and provide an opportunity responsibility to its city and home through the local scientific community. These to attend some events from the comfort of your home. its region-wide involvement and diverse researchers and professionals can best educational events. speak to what is happening in their respective fields, as they In the past five years, we have presented four different are the ones shaping the discoveries that oftentimes affect Women in STEM programs to support women at different As C2ST's Executive Director, Krisztina Eleki, us, without us even knowing it. We strive to educate and stages of their STEM careers (as well as girls considering a stated, “C2ST is a connector in the community.” It invigorate people about the joy and relevance of science career in the sciences), and to build an overarching citywide is able to bridge the gap between “the academic and technology to their everyday lives. Women in STEM community in Chicago. We hosted these Last May, C2ST took part in the On the Table environment and other non-profits or national labs programs biannually and annually, but in 2016 we are event celebrating the Chicago Community and city colleges and high schools” by providing In 2015, we launched two successful initiatives that we hope looking into at least two Women in STEM programs for the Trust's centennial year by joining more than access to resources and leaders to help create a to continue for the upcoming years. C2ST had our first ever year. We are already in the planning stages for these events, 20,000 residents from across the city to initiate more cultured and united community. Artist in Residence (AIR), Aaron Freeman, who has been working with other ‘women in science’ groups in the city. conversations about civic involvement in Chicago. sharing his take on different science topics on his AIR page C2ST's Director of Programming, Chris Eppig on our website and our social media outlets. Our new pub Many of you know us through our programming but we The mealtime conversation, sparked by trying to explained that there are many individuals, science series, the C2ST Speakeasy, has been held regularly are proud of the fact that we are a true consortium and understand and encourage philanthropy, created especially adults, “who are not in school but still at Geek Bar Chicago, and has garnered a younger audience connector of the business, private and public academic and a reflective and inspiring environment where have questions and fears but no outlet for getting for C2ST in a more casual atmosphere. research institutions, museum, schools and other nonprofit attendees shared personal experiences of giving those questions answered by qualified individuals.” organizations in Chicago. We thank you for your essential and receiving and discussed the importance of Eppig went on to say, “seeing the world through … We also expanded our partnerships in 2015. We co-hosted support and partnership in helping us deliver our mission! being involved in and improving the community. the eyes of a scientist has always given me a bigger an event as part of the Field Museum's successful ‘Evolution appreciation for everything I look at and I'd like at Revolution’ program, established an ongoing partnership Please save the date for Thursday, May 5th 2016, as we will Joining C2ST in this discussion were, IIT's Director people to give other people a glimpse of what that with the Chicago Chapter for the Society for Neuroscience again offer a great networking opportunity and a seated in the Office of Community Affairs, Jodi Joulihan, is like so that they can experience the same kind of on several programs, both this year and for 2016, and dinner with Chicago's scientific, business and philanthropic Program Director of IIT's Boeing Scholars enrichment through it that I do.” established a robust working relationship with the Chicago leaders as part of our Annual Fundraising Gala at UI Labs. Academy, Annie Senior, Director of IIT's Corporate Public School system. Science teachers now receive notices We hope to see you at one of our many programs in 2016! Relations, Scott Klapman, and Executive Assistant C2ST is proud to be the source of such about our programs, and receive continuing education for IIT's Corporate Relations, Maggie Garcia. opportunities and to promote accessibility of credits for attendance at our events. We hope to continue information for these individuals in order to to expand our ever-growing roster of partnerships with As each participant explored their connection support a curious culture of learning and create a Chicago-based institutions. with Chicago, almost all members recognized the more scientifically literate Chicago. importance of contributing to the enhancement Looking ahead, it is our goal to establish a working Alan Schriesheim, President of the community in which they live. Members C2ST has participated in a survey about the On the partnership with the Chicago entrepreneurial community. C2ST discussed how Chicago provides a vibrant Table event for the Institute for Policy and Civic environment with numerous opportunities for its Engagement at the University of Illinois at Chicago residents, creating a sense of home and connection to help interpret the influence of this citywide between individuals and this environment. Most conversation. Board of Directors attendees agreed that this sense of belonging and the ability to see the beneficial consequences of By Ameena Khan, C2ST 2015 Spring Intern, Alan Schriesheim, President John Anderson, Board Chair their contributions around them drove their desire current student at Illinois Institute of Technology. C2ST Illinois Institute for Technology to actively work towards bettering Chicago. As the president of C2ST, Alan Schriesheim, explained, “I Bob Arthur Bennetta Kelly Dawn Miller Kay Torshen mainly support the Chicagoland area. It's a matter Magellan Corporation ARCS Foundation, Inc. Chicago Council on Global Affairs Torshen Capital Management, LLC of being a member of the community where you Ted Beattie Bob Kriss Jon Miller, Co-Founder Maria Velissariou live and being involved in the community.” Shedd Aquarium Mayer, Brown LLP University of Michigan PepsiCo, Inc. Brenna Berman Richard Lariviere David Mosena Jay Walsh City of Chicago The Field Museum Museum of Science and Industry Northwestern University Gerald Blazey Michelle Larson Greg Mueller Ralph Wanger Northern Illinois University Adler Planetarium Chicago Botanic Gardens LZW Group, LLC Philip Cable Don Levy Peter Schiffer John A. Cable Foundation University of Chicago University of Illinois at Marten denBoer Peter Littlewood Urbana-Champaign DePaul University Argonne National Laboratory Arch Shaw Mitra Dutta Walter Massey Arch Investors Ltd. University of Illinois at Chicago School of the Art Institute of Katie Stallcup Mary Hendrix Chicago Chicago Biomedical Consortium “Good speakers with clear content. Stanley Manne Children's A wonderful asset for Chicagoland.” Research Institute —Audience Member How to be Healthy When You’re Older 2 3 Rattling The Brain What Is The BRAIN Initiative? Heaps of presents and family gatherings aside, this holiday BRAIN. No longer just a word to describe the three-pound this in the billions of neurons in the brain, but he has started season we saw the release of the film ‘Concussion,’ a fact- hunk inside your skull. As of April 2013, “BRAIN” is also a with a small piece of mouse brain, smaller than a grain of based, not documentary, account of the clash between White House initiative—Brain Research through Advancing sand, and marked all the elements. It turns out that the brain pathologist Bennet Omalu and the NFL when Omalu Innovative Neurotechnologies. What exactly are researchers is not how Cajal had imagined and not how we had thought discovered brain trauma in football players and attempted hoping to discover and how are they going about this? about them for over 110 years. It is jam-packed with cellular to shed light on this crisis. Chicago Council on Science and Technology hosted a panel cables that extend over very large distances and make discussion on the BRAIN Initiative this fall, and in it they connections with each other. Coinciding with this release, we bring you a recap of C2ST's set out to tackle these questions, and consider the current event When Playing Sports is Bad for Your Brain, a program landscape of neuroscience research. “Using this data, what I'm interested in is answering held in March 2015, which brought together a neuroscientist fundamental questions about brains that people ask me all and orthopedic physician to discuss this hot topic, sports One hundred thousand miles of cellular cables and one the time. How many neurons are there in a brain? Well the and brain injury. How can sports damage our brains, what hundred trillion cellular connections are crammed into our answer is we don't know,” explains Kasthuri. can we do to prevent this, and what does science say noggins. In the early 1990s, the Albert Einstein of brains, about treatment? a gentleman by the name of Santiago Ramon y Cajal Without answering these basic questions, it's next to discovered three fundamental laws of the brain.
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