A free public lecture at the Delaware County Institute of Science where E. Loren Buhle, Jr., Ph.D. examines how microplastics move from oceans into human bloodstreams and what their chronic health impacts may be.
Delaware County Institute of Science
11 Veterans Square, Media, PA 19063
Events unfold inside a historic 1833 natural history museum on Veterans Square, where a lecture hall sits surrounded by display cases of mounted birds, fossils, shells, and minerals. The intimate, old-world setting feels like stepping into a 19th-century cabinet of curiosities.
Monday, October 12
Saturday, October 24
A one-night Halloween-season screening compiling the best horror short films from 20 years of the Media Arts Council's film festival, presented in the lecture hall of the Delaware County Institute of Science.
Monday, November 9
A free public lecture at the Delaware County Institute of Science in which Paul Stratman, P.E., P.G., presents on Longwood Gardens' sustainability and environmental stewardship efforts, offered in-person in the Lecture Hall or via Zoom.
Monday, December 14
A free public lecture at the Delaware County Institute of Science in which Ted Williams, Ph.D. of the Rittenhouse Astronomical Society presents 'The Universal Dreamscape of the Night Sky,' an evening astronomy talk attendable in person or via Zoom.
Monday, January 11
A free public science lecture at the Delaware County Institute of Science where speaker Hannah Marr examines whether the cell cycle shapes how fruit fly neural stem cells randomly generate their many types of neurons, offered in person and via Zoom.
Monday, February 8
A free public science lecture at the Delaware County Institute of Science, presented by Will Ryan of Tyler Arboretum, with the topic still to be announced.
Monday, March 8
A free public lecture at the Delaware County Institute of Science in which veterinarian Heather DiGiacomo, DVM, debunks common veterinary and pet-care myths, offered in person in the Lecture Hall or via Zoom.
Monday, April 12
A free public lecture by Ron Sloto on the mineralogy of Delaware County, presented in person at the Delaware County Institute of Science's Lecture Hall with a simultaneous Zoom option.
Monday, May 10
A free public lecture at the Delaware County Institute of Science in which Scooped Ice Cream owner Kyle Lefkof explains the chemistry and craft behind his Media shop's micro-batch ice cream, offered in person in the Lecture Hall and via Zoom.