Explore how trends, plans, viewpoints, projects, materials, and sounds develop. Where we are and where we might be headed in the future.All year, SoundWaves will explore the concept of Development. In our first event, we ask: How did the development of monotheism affect human society? How do plants evolve, and how do we help them
The Universe and Beyond!How do babies develop language? How are new drugs developed? How did we go from no universe to the universe we know and love? And how does cancer develop in our bodies? How does a musician write a piece of music for himself to play? Find out as SoundWaves continues its yearlong
This year, SoundWaves is exploring how ideas, trends, plans, viewpoints, projects, materials, and sounds develop. Join us for a new four-part series as we dive into how we got to where we are now and where we might be headed in the future. SoundWaves combines scientific lectures about the world with live classical music performances.
Explore how trends, plans, viewpoints, projects, materials, and sounds develop. Where we are and where we might be headed in the future. This year, SoundWaves is exploring how ideas, trends, plans, viewpoints, projects, materials, and sounds develop. Join us for a new four-part series as we dive into how we got to where we are
Atomic Scale, Klezmer Scales Gaze into the world of the unimaginably small with an evening exploring the atomic scale. What is quantum computing and how does it work? How do atoms in metals organize themselves into hierarchies? As part of Klez Fest Midwest, this special SoundWaves event will feature more live music than ever, with
This academic year, SoundWaves is exploring scales. In this second edition, we will be zooming in on the micro scale! Our second SoundWaves event of the season explores the Micro Scale, looking at things that are very small in size. What is a microbiome? What’s going on in the Earth’s water? What is microeconomics? What
This academic year, SoundWaves is exploring scales. In this second edition, we will be zooming out to the macro scale!
This academic year, SoundWaves is exploring scales. In this final edition, we will be zooming WAY out to the Astronomical scale!
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