Upcoming Events

This opening event of Illinois Science Council's 2016 Chicago Science Festival will feature a series of talks in which speakers […]

It's ISC's second annual Chicago Science Festival, May 13-14, 2016!  All events take place in the Chicago's Merchandise Mart, 12th floor, at […]

Join us for the final talk of the Chicago Science Fest, The Physics of 'Game of Thrones', Saturday, May 14th […]

The popular Adler day-camp experience once reserved for kids, is now available in an adult edition! This May, Mission Near […]

Argonne National Laboratory will open its gates to the community on Saturday, May 21, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a day […]

Join Pint of Science for 'The Buzz on Bacteria', Monday, May 23 from 7-8:30 pm at The Spoke & Bird. […]

Pint of Science presents, 'Dead Fish and Stardust', Monday, May 23 from 7-8:30 pm at Debonair Social Club. Dr. Michael […]

What if a disease can't simply be captured by a blood test alone? How do we design better drugs to […]

Chronic pain afflicts about 20% of world population, yet its mechanisms have remained mysterious. Dr. A. Vania Apkarian, Professor of […]

Well, it ain't rocket science...but it is big brain science. Pint of Science presents, 'Neuronal Networks & Polymer Platforms' on […]

Pint of Science presents, 'Black Holes and Climate Black Swans', Wednesday, May 25 from 7-8:30 pm at the Debonair Social […]

Tourists marvel at it, but Chicagoans just smile. On certain days in the North Loop, when the wind blows just right, […]

Discovering America’s Lost City James A. Brown, Emeritus Professor, Department of Anthropology Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University Long […]

The Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago will host a FREE screening of the movie STARMEN, which […]

Join Illinois Science Council and other science-loving and science-curious folks for a happy hour with science-themed trivia (with prizes!) at […]

There will be smart people and beautiful people and interesting people (often the same people!), hors d’oeuvres, open bar with […]

ISC is partnering with Google Chicago to offer you an early inside scoop on the next film from Chicago's own […]

ISC and MATTER are partnering to bring the funny and informative James Hamblin to Chicago on January 18, 2017 to answer your […]

2017 marks 50 years since the opening of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or as we (and everyone else) like […]

A half-century ago, the Enrico Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory began to grow on the Illinois prairie. Through the intelligence, ingenuity, […]

Since 2009 Illinois Science Council (ISC) has recruited bakeries, restaurants, and pizza purveyors to offer pie-related specials on Pi Day […]

The typical 5K of 3.1 miles is so old-school. ISC's "Pi K" is so much better because MATH makes it […]