Category: Calendar of Events
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General Meeting – Friday, June 12, Dr. Bob Martin: “From Primate Ancestry to Human Origins”
Friday, June 12, 8:00 p.m. at College of Dupage, Building K, Room 131, Dr. Bob Martin, from the Field Museum will speak on “From Primate Ancestry to Human Origins.”
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Wolfram Alpha: Brand New Way to Do Knowledge Based Computing
Wolfram Alpha is a brand new knowledge-based computing site. The esteemed inventor of Wolfram Mathematica, Stephen Wolfram, explains the purpose of the site: … long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. We aim to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and…
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Chicagoland Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show This Weekend
The Chicagoland Gems & Mineral Association is hosting their 33rd Chicagoland Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show this weekend, Saturday May 23 and Sunday May 24. Free parking Saturday, May 23, 2009 10am – 6pmSunday, May 24, 2009 10am – 6pm DuPage County Fairgrounds2015 W. Manchester Rd. Wheaton, ILAdults – $5.00:Students (13-17) – $3.00Seniors- $3.00 Children…
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Paleontology Meeting – Saturday, 5/16, 7:30 – The Search for Dinosaurs in Illinois
Paleontology Meeting, Dave Carlson: “The Search for Dinosaurs in Illinois” 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K – Rm 131. Photo: Aurora, IL Police Dinosaur, as taken by geognerd.
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Micromineralogy Meeting: Sat. 5/9, Fluorescent Minerals
MicroMineral Meeting, Fluorescent Minerals, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K – Rm 131. Bring your samples! All are welcome! Photo by Hannes Grobe
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General Meeting – Friday May 8: Dr. Zanno “Resurrecting Dinosaurs”
On Friday, May 8, at 8 pm at the College of DuPage Building K, Room #131, Dr. Lindsay Zanno will speak on, “Resurrecting Dinosaurs – How new science is bringing ancient beasts to life.” All are welcome! Photo Credit: TOM TAYLOR/UTAH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH From Burpee Museum: Lindsay E. Zanno earned…
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Archeology Meeting, 7:30 Sat, 4/25, Settlers of Williamsburg
Archaeology Meeting, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 131, “Settlers of Williamsburg”, Virginia by Marge Brazda, Vickie and Lexie Kiamco.
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Paleontology Meeting – Saturday, 4/18, 7:30 – Silurian Fossils in NE IL
Paleontology Meeting, Silurian Period in Northeastern Illinois by Dave Dolak, Esconi Member. 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K – Rm 131. All are welcome! Bring your Silurian fossils. Excerpt from the Field Museum: “Life landed ashore during the Silurian & Devonian periods. Plants colonized the continents, creating habitats for the ancestors of today’s animals…”…
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MicroMineral Meeting: Mineral Oddities, Sat. 4/11, 7:30 pm
MicroMineral Meeting, Mineral Oddities in Honor of the Tuscon Gem Show 2009, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K – Rm 131. Bring your mineral oddities.
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General Meeting: Friday, April 10, 8 pm: Hadrosaur Find by Bucky Gates
On Friday, April 10th, at 8:00 pm in Room #131 Building K, College of Dupage, Bucky Gates, Assistant Professor at Lake Forest College, will speak about “New Hadrosaur Find and Their Bearing on Cretaceous Land Bridges and Macroevolutionary Trends of the Group”. (1st Photo: Lake Forest College)(2nd photo: Utah Museum of Natural History.)
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Archaeology Meeting, Sat. 3/28 7:30, What Is Buried Under the Dunes?
Archaeology Meeting, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 131, “What Is Buried Under the Indiana or Michigan Dunes?” by David and Sheila Bergmann
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Paleontology Meeting – Saturday 3/21 at 7:30 pm
The Paleontology Study Group meets this Saturday, 3/21 at 7:30 pm at College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 131. Ordovician fossils will be discussed.
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Chicago Rocks and Minerals Society Silent Auction Sat. 3/14 5:30-10:00 pm
The Chicago Rocks & Minerals Society will conduct its 2009 Silent Auction of rocks, minerals, fossils, handmade jewelry and lapidary treasures Saturday, March 14, 5:30 to 10 p.m. at the Salvation Army–Irving Park Corps building, 4056 N. Pulaski in Chicago. The event is open to the public. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Admission…
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Burpee PaleoFest March 7 and 8th
BURPEE MUSEUM PALEOFEST Saturday – Sunday 3/7 – 3/8 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Burpee’s 11th annual dinosaur & fossil festival returns March 7 & 8, 2009. Keynote speaker Dr. Robert T. Bakker returns to Rockford to present as only Dr. Bakker can. He will be speaking about his latest discoveries and research at our…
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Archaeology Meeting, Sat. 2/28
Archaeology Meeting, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 131, “Otzi the Ice Man” by Vickie and Lexie Kiamco. Links of interest:South Tyrol Archaeologie Museum Video on Finding the Ice Man
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Paleontology Meeting – Saturday 2/21 at 7:30 pm
Paleontology Meeting, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K – Rm 131. Chris Cozert will speak on Mazon Creek flora and fauna. Bring your Mazon Creek fossils!
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Volunteers Needed for Mazon Creek Taxonomy Project
The Chicago Academy of Sciences (CAS), which operates the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago, is looking for volunteers to help with a fossil taxonomy project. They need individuals with expertise in identifying and verifying Mazon Creek and other local fossils. The Academy has a collection of over 30,000 fossils, many of which have not…
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General Meeting – Friday, February 13, 2009
It will be a lucky Friday the 13th for those attending the General Meeting at 8:00 pm in Room K-131. Cary Easterday from the Department of Earth Sciences, Northeastern Illinois University, will give us an updated and expanded version of his presentation from the 2002 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting entitled: From Chasing Butterflies to Mazon Creek to…
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Mineral – Micromount Study Group Meeting on Agates, Sat. Feb. 14
The Mineral-Micromount Study Group will be meeting on Saturday, February 14 at 7:30 p.m. at College of DuPage, Room K131 to watch and discuss a video on agates.Photo Credit: Photographer, Albert Copley. Oklahoma University via AGI Earth Science World Image Bank
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1st Archaeology Meeting of 2009!
On Saturday, January 24th, Sheila Bergmann will give a presentation about the Indians of Central Wisconsin in Room K – 131, College of Dupage at 7:30 p.m. Visitors are welcome; refreshments will be served; parking and admission are free.
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January General Meeting
The next ESCONI General Meeting is January 09, 2009 at 8:00 pm in Room 131 of Building K at the College of Dupage. Scot Williams, Burpee Museum Collections Manager, will present “Burpee Museum Discoveries”. From the Burpee Museum website – Burpee Museum has four floors of modern exhibits. Exhibits are specimen based, with strong interactive…
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Paleontology Study Group Meeting for January
The next ESCONI Paleontology Study Group Meeting is January 17, 2009 at 7:30 pm and will be “The Cambrian Era By Tom Williams” at College of DuPage Bldg. K, Rm 131 7:30 P.M. Image: Reproduction of fig. 1K from Bengtson & Zhao 1997, a SEM image of the cnidarian Olivooides multisulcatus. Sample is CAGS (Chinese…
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Paleontology & Archeology Meetings Cancelled in December
Due to the holidays, the Paleontology Study Group and the Archeology Study Group meetings are cancelled for December. See you in January!
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Mineralogy Meeting in December
MINERALOGY/MICROMOUNT STUDY GROUP will be held on Friday, December 13, at College of DuPage, Room K-161. “The World Famous Mineral Identification Contest” Bring three (3) specimens and four labels. Fabulous prizes for all. Refreshments will be served.
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ESCONI Events for December, 2008
ESCONI HOLIDAY PARTY AND DECEMBER GENERAL MEETING FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2008 5:30 to 7:30 pmCharlie’s Ale House301 East Loop RoadWheaton, IL 60187http://www.charliesalehouse.com(630) 510-3141 The restaurant is on the north side of Butterfield Road (Route 56) and east of Naperville Road and the Danada Square East Shopping Center. PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES: Beyond the change…
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Past Archaeology Study Group Meetings
November – December, 2008 – Holidays – no meetings October 2008 – Alaska Eskimos/Native Americans of Alaska September 2008 – Introduction of Horses in the Americas by ESCONI member, Sheila Bergmann June-August 2008 – Summer Vacation – no meetings May 2008 – Holiday Weekend – no meeting April 2008 – “Archaeology of the Cahokia and…
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Past Paleontology Meetings
January 15, 2000 Micro-Fossils/Identifying Mazon Creek Animals February 19, 2000 Identifying Mazon Creek Plants March 18, 2000 Larson Quarry. Bring in Specimens from your trips to this quarry. Dave Carlson will be giving a detailed presentation with overheads, handouts and specimen displays of his collecting at this local quarry. He will discuss the history, geology…
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Lapidary Study Group
The Lapidary Study Group used to meet the third Friday of the Month at 7:30 p.m. in room 162 of the COD Art Center at the College of DuPage Glen Ellyn Campus. The Lapidary Study Group meets upon request. Chairperson: Sheila Bergmann
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Paleontology Study Group Information
The Paleontology Study Group meets the third Saturday of the Month at 7:30 p.m. in room 161 of the K Building at the College of DuPage Glen Ellyn Campus. Chairperson: John Good
