Nerd Nite Fort Collins’ inaugural episode was a huge success! Thanks to my Co-Boss and fellow presenter, Senne Van Loon! I am honored to be in such great company! In attendance our next months presenters. It will be my pleasure to introduce you to a couple of brilliant minds in science and technology, both have achieved academic success moreover, they have made, are making and will continue to make industrially significant contributions to the science and technology that make possible an environment in which humanity can thrive.

Tickets are available online for $10 or 5 for $35 here: https://nerd-nite-fort-collins.ticketleap.com/nerd-nite-fort-collins-s2023e2/dates/May-02-2023_at_0700PM.

Tickets may be purchased at the door for $15 or only $5 with a valid student ID!

Speaker 1: Marybeth Arcodia

Title: What is El Niño and why should I care?

Abstract: Maybe you’ve heard of this elusive “El Niño” that your local meteorologist seems to bring up every so often when talking about the latest strange weather patterns. But what actually is it? Where is it? Should we even bother to pay attention to it? The answer is yes to all three (!) and we will dive into the science behind the famed El Niño and some of that strange weather in our neck of the woods.

Speaker 2: Beth Reid

Title: Cosmic history in a nutshell

Abstract: What does Einstein’s general relativity predict about the history of the universe? I’ll explain what it means to live in an expanding universe and how quantum fluctuations were magnified into the mass density perturbations in our current universe (like our galaxy, star, planet, and you!). We’ll touch on dark matter and dark energy along the way.