2025-2026 MEETINGS
Welcome to our 2025-2026 program year As in previous years, we will havea combination of in-person and virtual programs this year. We will host the virtual meetings through Zoom. We understand that many of you may no longer live in the Chicagoland area, but you are welcome to sign up for the Virtual meetings.
OCTOBER MEETING
Thursday, Oct 2, 2025 (Virtual via Zoom)
Speaker: Kelly Weinersmith, Rice Univeristy
Title: A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
NOVEMBER SOCIAL EVENT
Saturday, Nov 1, 2025
Dinner at Casa Margarita, LaGrange
NOVEMBER MEETING
Friday, November 7, 2025
Speaker: Stephon Alexander
Title: Jazz of Physics
Virtual via Zoom
DECEMBER MEETING
Friday, December 12, 2025
Speaker: Dr. Colleen Kelley, Founder, Kids' Chemical Solutions
Location: Elmhurst University
JANUARY MEETING
January 9, 2026 Virtual meeting via Zoom
Speaker: Lesley Carhart
Topic: Cyber Security
FEBRUARY MEETING
February 6, 2025 Virtual meeting via Zoom
Speaker and topic - Janet Ferroni, Travels to Antarctica
MARCH MEETING
March 7, 2025 Virtual meeting via Zoom
Speaker: Jacklyn M. Gates, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Title: Unveiling the Secrets of Element Creation: Pushing the Boundaries of the Periodic Table
APRIL MEETING - INITIATION
April 18, 2026 Initiation
Speaker: Rebecca L. Caravan, Argonne National Laboratory
Title: Molecular Weight Growth Reactions of Criegee Intermediates
Location: DePaul University (Lincoln Park Campus), Student Center, Room 314AB, 2250 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60614