• May 24, 2013 | 4:30pm

    Phoenix ComiCon Panel – Hieroglyph

    Phoenix ComiCon Panel – Hieroglyph

    at Phoenix Convention Center, West Building, Room 103
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    Phoenix ComiCon Panel – Hieroglyph

    Joey Eschrich April 26, 2013

    How can we think more creatively and ambitiously about the future? It all begins with a good story. Hieroglyph teams up scientists and science fiction authors to reject gloomy dystopias and create inspiring, techno-optimistic visions of the future.

    Learn more about Hieroglyph on Slate and at hieroglyph.asu.edu

    Panelists

    Ed Finn
    Director, Center for Science and the Imagination; Assistant Professor, Arts, Media and Engineering / English, Arizona State University; Co-editor, Hieroglyph

    Kathryn Cramer
    Author, anthologist, critic and photographer; Co-editor, Hieroglyph

    Michael A. Stackpole
    Science fiction and fantasy author; Video game designer

    Keith Hjelmstad
    Professor of Structural Engineering

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  • April 25, 2013 | 5:30pm

    Science Fiction TV Dinner: Doctor Who, “The Shakespeare Code”

    Science Fiction TV Dinner: Doctor Who, “The Shakespeare Code”

    at Language and Literature Building, Room 316
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    Science Fiction TV Dinner: Doctor Who, “The Shakespeare Code”

    Joey Eschrich April 15, 2013

    Celebrate William Shakespeare’s birthday with Doctor Who! Join us for a screening of the episode “The Shakespeare Code” and a conversation about time travel, the Elizabethan era, TARDIS, Time Lords and how we can’t save the world without good stories.

    The conversation will be moderated by Ed Finn, director of the Center for Science and the Imagination, and will feature Bradley Ryner and Bambi Haggins of the Department of English and Paul Davies, theoretical physicist, director of the BEYOND Center and author of How to Build a Time Machine.

    Doctor Who is the world’s longest-running science fiction TV show in several universes, and among the most beloved and influential. Click here to learn more.

    This event is presented by the Arizona State University’s Department of English, Center for Science and the Imagination and BEYOND Center.

    Dinner will be provided.

    Parking: Paid parking for this event is available in ASU’s Fulton Center Parking Structure.

    Map: Need a map to the building? Click here.

    Presenter Bios

    Bradley Ryner is an assistant professor in the Department of English, an expert on Shakespearean drama in performance and the author of the forthcoming book Performing Economic Thought: English Drama and Mercantile Writing 1600-1642.

    Bambi Haggins is an associate professor in the Department of English whose research explores representations of class, ethnicity, gender, race and region in film, television and fandom. She is the author of the book Laughing Mad: The Black Comic Persona in Post Soul America.

    Ed Finn is the director of the Center for Science and the Imagination and an assistant professor with a joint appointment in the School of Arts, Media and Engineering and the Department of English.

    Paul Davies is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, astrobiologist and director of the BEYOND Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at ASU. He is the author of many bestselling books, including How to Build a Time Machine and About Time: Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution.

     

    Image courtesy of Pellaeon, used under CC BY 2.0 license. Thanks Pellaeon!

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  • April 9, 2013 | 4:30pm

    Cu29: Mining for You – Student Panel and Celebration

    Cu29: Mining for You – Student Panel and Celebration

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    Cu29: Mining for You – Student Panel and Celebration

    Joey Eschrich April 7, 2013

    Cu29: Mining for You

    Join us at the ASU Art Museum’s Cu29: Mining for You exhibit for free pizza, live music and a panel to showcase student work moderated by Ed Finn of the Center for Science and the Imagination! The online version of the Cu29 exhibit will also be unveiled at the event.

    Tired of carrying around loose change? Empty your pockets and help us complete the exhibit’s epic wall of pennies!

    Time: 4:30 – 7:00pm

    Click here to learn more about the exhibit.

    Co-sponsored by the ASU Art Museum and the HDA 410/510 seminar in Socially Engaged Practice.

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  • April 10, 2013 | 4:00pm

    Global Networks of Innovation and Silicon Valley’s Ties to the Future

    at Payne Hall, Room 129
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    Global Networks of Innovation and Silicon Valley’s Ties to the Future

    Joey Eschrich April 5, 2013

    Join Tracey Grose, an expert on the clean energy economy, innovation systems and growing global linkages, for a presentation and conversation with G. Pascal Zachary, professor of practice at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Ed Finn, director of the Center for Science and the Imagination.

    This event is co-hosted by the Phoenix American Council on Germany Eric M. Warburg Chapter

    Abstract: On the topic of global competitiveness, we hear a great deal of rhetoric reflecting a zero-sum view of the world. If one country is improving its economic performance, it is perceived to be at the cost of another. The reality of the situation is that the world’s innovation hubs are becoming increasingly interdependent. Looking at Silicon Valley as an example, how are global linkages of collaboration growing and how are they changing over time? And what are possible implications for the much needed global energy transformation away from fossil fuels?

    Light refreshments will be served.

    Parking: Paid parking for this event is available at ASU’s Lot 20 and the Fulton Center Parking Structure. You can find other parking options at https://cfo.asu.edu/pts-visitor-tempe.

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  • April 1, 2013 | 4:00pm

    Imaginative Skeptics: Doubt, Conviction and Writing with Lawrence Krauss and Ian McEwan

    Imaginative Skeptics: Doubt, Conviction and Writing with Lawrence Krauss and Ian McEwan

    at Old Main
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    Imaginative Skeptics: Doubt, Conviction and Writing with Lawrence Krauss and Ian McEwan

    Nina Miller March 11, 2013

    Room: Basha Library (2nd floor)

    How do you get people to believe a story about not believing? Join ASU’s Lawrence Krauss, theoretical physicist and author of A Universe from Nothing, and Ian McEwan, Booker Prize-winning novelist and author of Sweet Tooth and Solar, for a conversation about skepticism, rationality and the writer’s imagination.

    At 5:30, Dr. Krauss and Mr. McEwan will be available to sign books, and the ASU Bookstore will be on hand to sell selected titles by both authors.

    Co-sponsored by ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination and Origins Project

    Paid parking for this event is available in ASU’s Fulton Center Parking Structure

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  • March 2, 2013 | 7:00pm

    Emerge2013

    Emerge2013

    at Neeb Hall
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    Emerge2013

    Nina Miller February 25, 2013

    Celebration and performances

     

    Need information on parking? Click here.

    More schedule details available at http://emerge2013.asu.edu/schedule

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  • March 2, 2013 | 5:00pm

    Emerge2013

    Emerge2013

    at Neeb Hall
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    Emerge2013

    Nina Miller February 22, 2013

    Join us for truth elixirs, laser-cut rock art, flash mobs, food trucks, vast crowds of masked faces, Native American rock music, cyborgs and 3D printers.

    Emerge unites artists, engineers, scientists, storytellers and designers to build, draw, write and rethink the future of the human species and the environments that we share.

    This year, Emerge tackles The Future of Truth and explores the conflicting stories we tell about reality, justice, reason, facts and values.

    Food trucks, truth elixirs, atmospheric performances by Rachel Bowditch, Digital Culture Showcase and more

     

    Need information on parking? Click here.

    More schedule details available at http://emerge2013.asu.edu/schedule

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  • March 27, 2013 | 5:30pm

    Science Fiction TV Dinner: Twilight Zone

    Science Fiction TV Dinner: Twilight Zone

    at Barrett, the Honors College
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    Science Fiction TV Dinner: Twilight Zone

    Joey Eschrich February 22, 2013

    Room: Cottonwood 101/103

    Join us for a screening of the classic Twilight Zone episode “Number 12 Looks Just Like You” and a conversation about biotechnology, ethics and the connections between visions of human perfection and ideas about race, gender and social class.

    The conversation will be moderated by Ed Finn, director of the Center for Science and the Imagination, and will feature Thomas Martin and Joe Foy, faculty fellows at Barrett, the Honors College, and Georganne Scheiner Gillis, professor of Women and Gender Studies.

    Free dinner will be provided from Pita Jungle!

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  • February 11, 2013 | 10:30am

    Cory Doctorow joins ASU faculty and local technology entrepreneurs to discuss hacking and activism.

    Hackers + Activism: Aaron Swartz, Anonymous and the Ethics of Digital Community

    at ASU Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
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    Hackers + Activism: Aaron Swartz, Anonymous and the Ethics of Digital Community

    Joey Eschrich January 31, 2013

    Watch live csi.asu.edu/doctorow

    The prosecution and recent suicide of digital innovator and activist Aaron Swartz and the increasingly public actions of the hacker collective Anonymous have brought unprecedented attention to the role of hacktivism in our digital world. Is hacking an effective form of activism? Is it ethical? Is it safe? What rights and responsibilities do citizens have in an increasingly corporatized digital world? What is the future of privacy, civic protest, and community building?

    Discuss these questions and more with prolific author and activist Cory Doctorow and a panel of experts including Ed Finn, director of ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination, Dawn Gilpin, assistant professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Jade Meskill, co-founder of collaborative workspace Gangplank.

    Panelists

    Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger — the co-editor of Boing Boing and the author of young adult novels like PIRATE CINEMA and LITTLE BROTHER and novels for adults like RAPTURE OF THE NERDS and MAKERS. He is the former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in London.

    Dawn Gilpin is an assistant professor of Public Relations and Social Media at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication of Arizona State University. Her research interests focus on complex systems and processes in communication, particularly in the context of big-picture ideas such as identity, privacy, reputation, issues, and crises.

    Jade Meskill is the CEO of Integrum, a group obsessed with team improvement and organizational transformation; and co-founder of Gangplank, a collaborative workspace for creative people and innovative companies in Metro Phoenix.

    Guests who have RSVPed will receive more information about options for paid parking closer to the event date. 

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  • February 21, 2013 | 5:00pm

    Geeks’ Night Out

    at Tempe City Hall
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    Geeks’ Night Out

    Nina Miller January 11, 2013

    Join us for ASU Venture Catalyst Geek Week and Geeks’ Night Out sponsored by the Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives. We’re blending science, technology and fun to celebrate the Arizona SciTech Festival. Best of all, the events are free.

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  • January 25, 2013 | 11:30am

    CSI Breakfast

    at Changemaker Central - Tempe Campus
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    CSI Breakfast

    Nina Miller January 11, 2013
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  • January 19, 2013 | 10:00am

    Green Expo

    at Tempe Center for the Arts
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    Green Expo

    Nina Miller January 11, 2013

    CSI is participating in the Green Expo at Tempe Center for the Arts. The City of Tempe and Smithsonian are teaming to celebrate green art, green business and green living.

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  • February 14, 2013 | 6:00pm

    Image by Paul Lowry on flickr.com, CC license

    Science Fiction TV Dinner: Valentine’s Day Edition

    at ASU Polytechnic
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    Science Fiction TV Dinner: Valentine’s Day Edition

    Joey Eschrich December 21, 2012

    Join Micah Lande and Angela Sodemann of the College of Technology and Innovation to watch and discuss the 2007 version of The Bionic Woman, science fiction, cyborgs, design and the future of humanity.

    Free dinner will be provided! Visitor parking details are available here. 

    Angela Sodemann is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering in the College of Technology and Innovation at ASU. Angela came to ASU from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology, where she performed research in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Vision in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratories.

    Micah Lande is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering in the College of Technology and Innovation at ASU. Micah teaches human-centered design innovation and researches how engineers and makers learn and apply a design process to their work. He has been an Editor-in-Chief of Ambidextrous Journal of Design, producing issues that captured stories of the people and processes of design.

    Presented in partnership with the ASU Project Humanities Spring Kickoff, “Heroes, Superheroes & Superhumans.” Learn more at humanities.asu.edu

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  • September 12, 2012 | 1:00pm

    Alan Dean Foster: Star Trek “Arena”

    Alan Dean Foster: Star Trek “Arena”

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    Alan Dean Foster: Star Trek “Arena”

    Nina Miller December 4, 2012
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  • October 26, 2012 | 2:00pm

    Kim Stanley Robinson: Landscape, Art and Other Worlds

    Kim Stanley Robinson: Landscape, Art and Other Worlds

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    Kim Stanley Robinson: Landscape, Art and Other Worlds

    Nina Miller December 4, 2012
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  • December 12, 2012 | 6:30pm

    How Do We Make Sense of Genius? Matthew Guerrieri

    How Do We Make Sense of Genius? Matthew Guerrieri

    at Heard Museum
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    How Do We Make Sense of Genius? Matthew Guerrieri

    Nina Miller November 30, 2012

    A Zócalo/ASU Center for Science and the Imagination Event
    Moderated by T.A. Frank, Editor, Zócalo Public Square
    Name the following piece of music: Da-da-da-DUM. If you guessed Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, you were right—and not alone. The Fifth may be the most famous piece of music ever written, and it has thrilled audiences for over 200 years. But why? We’ve argued for centuries over what distinguishes the sublime from the average. We’re mystified by the workings of genius, no matter how many records it leaves. (Think of Einstein’s Zurich notebooks or Beethoven’s countless letters and musical jottings.) We struggle to cultivate the imagination or “creativity,” yet we have little sense of how to do it and few indications we’ve made any progress in our understanding since the days of Aristotle. Boston Globe music critic Matthew Guerrieri, author of The First Four Notes: Beethoven’s Fifth and the Human Imagination, a book about the history, legacy, and interpretations of Beethoven’s most famous work, visits Zócalo to discuss the mysteries of genius and the human imagination.

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  • March 2, 2013 | 9:00am

    Emerge2013

    Emerge2013

    at Neeb Hall
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    Emerge2013

    Nina Miller November 29, 2012

    Join us for truth elixirs, laser-cut rock art, flash mobs, food trucks, vast crowds of masked faces, Native American rock music, cyborgs and 3D printers.

    Emerge unites artists, engineers, scientists, storytellers and designers to build, draw, write and rethink the future of the human species and the environments that we share.

    This year, Emerge tackles The Future of Truth and explores the conflicting stories we tell about reality, justice, reason, facts and values.

    Public unveiling of products from our exciting workshops and keynotes from our distinguished guests, including:

    • Science fiction legend Bruce Sterling
    • Mythologist Betty Sue Flowers
    • Visual futurist Syd Mead
    • Knowledge enterprise architect and ASU President Michael Crow
    • Artist and engineer Natalie Jeremijenko
    • Theoretical physicist Paul Davies

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  • January 23, 2013 | 6:30pm

    Science Fiction TV Dinner: The X-Files

    Science Fiction TV Dinner: The X-Files

    at ASU Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
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    Science Fiction TV Dinner: The X-Files

    Nina Miller November 29, 2012

    FBI badges of Mulder and ScullyLocation: ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

    Join Gregg Pascal Zachary and Retha Hill of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Ed Finn of the Center for Science and the Imagination to watch and discuss The X-Files, science fiction and the search for truth.

    Free dinner will be provided.

    Image courtesy of megaul under Creative Commons license

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  • November 30, 2012 | 10:00am

    CSI Breakfast

    at West Hall
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    CSI Breakfast

    Nina Miller November 29, 2012

    Room 135
    Join us for the first Science and Imagination Breakfast event of the 2012-2013 academic year!
    Network with faculty, students and staff engaged in interdisciplinary research and exploration around science, imagination and the future. Get news and updates about Center for Science and the Imagination partnerships, projects and events.
    Coffee and light refreshments will be served.
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  • January 7, 2013 | 11:59pm

    Green Dreams deadline

    Green Dreams deadline

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    Green Dreams deadline

    Nina Miller November 29, 2012

    The Tomorrow Project USA and the Center for Science and the Imagination present this writing challenge, open to college students everywhere.

    Imagine a sustainable future we can build together. Write it. Get published. Win $200.

    Enter your work >>

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  • November 27, 2012 | 6:30pm

    Science Fiction TV Series: Jetsons edition

    Science Fiction TV Series: Jetsons edition

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    Science Fiction TV Series: Jetsons edition

    Nina Miller November 28, 2012

    Science Fiction TV Series: The Jetsons
    Tuesday, November 27, 6:00 – 7:30 pm

    Memorial Union 242 (La Paz Room), ASU Tempe campus

    RSVP at http://asujetsons.eventbrite.com

    Since 1962, The Jetsons has defined an iconic vision of the future, imagining a course of progress that blends high technology with familiar social and cultural values.
    Yinong Chen and Karin Ellison will join CSI director Ed Finn to discuss The Jetsons and interpret what it tells us about robotics, the nuclear family, and the peculiar relationships that form between humans and technology.
    Yinong Chen is an expert in robotics and computing, and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering at ASU. Dr. Chen directs ASU’s Robotics Camps for middle and high school students, organizes the Arizona Robotics Challenge, and serves as advisor for the ASU Robotics Team.
    Karin Ellison is the Associate Director of the Center for Biology and Society and a Dean’s Faculty Fellow in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at ASU. Dr. Ellison is an expert in the history of science and technology, specifically the institutional history of American science and technology and the history of engineers and engineering in the US.
    Think we’re the only ones taking The Jetsons seriously? Read more in the Smithsonian magazine.


    Here are some photos of the event. Thank you to all those who participated!

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  • November 27, 2012 | 3:30pm

    Write-In:Green Dreams

    at Changemaker Central - Tempe Campus
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    Write-In:Green Dreams

    Nina Miller November 8, 2012

    Here are some photos of the event. Thank you to those who participated!

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  • November 19, 2012 | 4:30pm

    Write-In:Green Dreams

    Write-In:Green Dreams

    at Changemaker Central - Tempe Campus
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    Write-In:Green Dreams

    Nina Miller November 8, 2012

    Here are some photos of the event. Thank you to those who participated!

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  • November 14, 2012 | 2:00pm

    Write-In: Green Dreams

    at Wrigley Hall
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    Write-In: Green Dreams

    Nina Miller November 8, 2012

    Here are some photos of the event. Thank you to those who participated!

    Photo courtesy of the Arizona State Press

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  • November 9, 2012 | 3:00pm

    Write-In:Green Dreams

    at Memorial Union Second Floor
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    Write-In:Green Dreams

    Nina Miller November 8, 2012

    Image courtesy of Julie Jordan Scott

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  • September 24, 2012 | 3:30pm

    Launch

    Launch

    at Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building IV
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    Launch

    Nina Miller September 1, 2012

    Join us at the recently completed ISTB4 building for the launch of the ASU Center for Science and the Imagination, an institutional platform for ambitious thinking and creative collaboration between the humanities, arts and sciences. President Michael Crow and Intel futurist Brian David Johnson will join Center Director Ed Finn to discuss upcoming projects and events, including the announcement of an exciting new partnership with Intel. Following this we will lead the audience in an act of collective imagination, encouraging ASU students, faculty, staff and community members to share their big ideas for the future.

    Take this opportunity to explore the new ISTB4 facility, which features a suite of interactive earth and space exhibits, as well as the world’s largest university-based meteorite collection. A reception with light refreshments will follow the event.

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