The Millennium Café runs 10-11am in the 3rd floor Café Commons of the MSC Bldg. Join researchers from across campus for a stellar cup of coffee and two <10 min interdisciplinary talks. All Millennium Café events are free and open to the Penn State community, include coffee and breakfast pastries, and are held in the third floor Café Commons of the Millennium Science Complex at University Park.
The EMS Brass Quintet begins at 10:05!
Incidental television music is often what elevates and ties a scene together. More often than not, music is selected from sources that we least expect, at least that’s what we’ve come to discover. We are presenting a short selection of music used in the wickedly funny HBO sitcom “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which just celebrated its 12th and final season after 24 years.
What Makes a Successful MRSEC Seed Proposal?
Vin Crespi | Penn State MRSEC
Penn State’s NSF-supported Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) will soon invite proposals for a Seed competition that seeks to nucleate interdisciplinary teams in areas of transformative materials research that would be competitive as Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs) in the upcoming 2025–26 national MRSEC competition. During the Cafe I will describe the qualities of a successful Seed-IRG. Immediately after the Café (starting at 11a) will be a round table opportunity for anyone interested in further discussion & brainstorming.
Universities for Society: Systems Solutions to Global Problems
Keith Cheng | College of Medicine
Global problems of greatest importance have become existential, cross geography and peoples, and are of such complexity that no one field, agency, country, or foundation can solve them. Systems solutions to those problems by definition require an unprecedented degree of interdisciplinary collaboration whose routine goal is to achieve goals not achievable within single disciplines. International universities can become the best social structure in society capable of rising to the challenge of finding systems solutions to global problems. Participating in those solutions is a moral responsibility of Universities, a useful focus for the future of Universities, and motivates future funding for their role in addressing global problems and making the world a better place. I propose that Penn State faculty and community play a key role in interdisciplinary approaches to solving global problems and outline current activities to facilitate such activity. We can together develop a culture that maximizes our interdisciplinary effectiveness.