BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//OpenACalendar//NONSGML OpenACalendar//EN X-WR-CALNAME:The University of Sheffield: Pop-Up University - free festival - Open Tech Calendar BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11402@otc.opentechcalendar.co.uk URL:https://opentechcalendar.co.uk/event/11402-the-university-of-sheffield- pop-up-university-free SUMMARY:The University of Sheffield: Pop-Up University - free festival DESCRIPTION:A free festival at which some of the latest pioneering research from the worlds of healthcare\, science\, technology and art will be pres ented to the public for the first time is set to be held in Sheffield this month (18-19 September 2021).\n\nPop-Up University will see some of the m ost talented early career researchers and PhD students from the University of Sheffield head to the city's Tudor Square and deliver a series of free in-person activities on their emerging research that is tackling a range of issues affecting people's lives.\n\nAlongside the live\, in-person even ts\, the festival will also include a collection of podcasts and films so people can join a journey of discovery into some of the latest research an d innovations online\, from anywhere in the world.\n\nThe festival is free and open to all. Some of the highlights include:\n\nCrop growth in space and urban agriculture on Earth - join scientists from the University who a re developing new technologies to make growing plants in space possible. T hese new technologies can also provide a pathway to food security (Film\, podcast\, live)\n\nPipebots - can you imagine a life without roadworks? A film shows how tiny robots and other new technologies that are being devel oped by Sheffield engineers are set to help reduce traffic disruption (Fil m)\n\nAssistive technologies for engaging with music in dementia - with mu sic offering many benefits such as connecting people with past memories\, building relationships and enhancing overall quality of life\, a film expl ores how new research from the University is linking music\, psychology an d engineering to create musical interfaces for people living with dementia (Film)\n\nMysterious microbes - from soils and food to me and you - learn about the transformative powers of some of the smallest living creatures on Earth - microbes. Join a Sheffield scientist to learn about how microbi al populations and bugs make healthy soils to help plants grow (Live)\n\nH ow do we grow? - a biomedical scientist from the University explains the s cience of DNA and how\, despite remaining the same size throughout our liv es\, DNA cells help us grow taller (Live)\n\nA sound system: helping child ren be heard - children with Speech Sound Disorder (SSD) have difficulties with clear pronunciation of sounds when they talk. Join Sheffield human c ommunication scientists to learn more about children's talking\, how child ren with SSD can be supported and find out about the resources they have d eveloped about SSD for parents and teachers (Live)\n\nSolving Earth's clim ate emergency by farming with rocks - join researchers from the University for a series of live experiments showing how speeding up rock weathering can help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (Live)\nhttps://opentec hcalendar.co.uk/event/11402-the-university-of-sheffield-pop-up-university- free\nPowered by Open Tech Calendar X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
A free festival at which some o
f the latest pioneering research from the worlds of healthcare\, science\,
technology and art will be presented to the public for the first time is
set to be held in Sheffield this month (18-19 September 2021).
Pop-
Up University will see some of the most talented early career researchers
and PhD students from the University of Sheffield head to the city&rsquo\;
s Tudor Square and deliver a series of free in-person activities on their
emerging research that is tackling a range of issues affecting people&rsqu
o\;s lives.
Alongside the live\, in-person events\, the festival wi
ll also include a collection of podcasts and films so people can join a jo
urney of discovery into some of the latest research and innovations online
\, from anywhere in the world.
The festival is free and open to all
. Some of the highlights include:
Crop growth in space and urban ag
riculture on Earth - join scientists from the University who are developin
g new technologies to make growing plants in space possible. These new tec
hnologies can also provide a pathway to food security (Film\, podcast\, li
ve)
Pipebots - can you imagine a life without roadworks? A film sho
ws how tiny robots and other new technologies that are being developed by
Sheffield engineers are set to help reduce traffic disruption (Film)
Assistive technologies for engaging with music in dementia - with music
offering many benefits such as connecting people with past memories\, buil
ding relationships and enhancing overall quality of life\, a film explores
how new research from the University is linking music\, psychology and en
gineering to create musical interfaces for people living with dementia (Fi
lm)
Mysterious microbes - from soils and food to me and you - learn
about the transformative powers of some of the smallest living creatures
on Earth - microbes. Join a Sheffield scientist to learn about how microbi
al populations and bugs make healthy soils to help plants grow (Live)
<
br>How do we grow? - a biomedical scientist from the University explains t
he science of DNA and how\, despite remaining the same size throughout our
lives\, DNA cells help us grow taller (Live)
A sound system: helpi
ng children be heard - children with Speech Sound Disorder (SSD) have diff
iculties with clear pronunciation of sounds when they talk. Join Sheffield
human communication scientists to learn more about children&rsquo\;s talk
ing\, how children with SSD can be supported and find out about the resour
ces they have developed about SSD for parents and teachers (Live)
S
olving Earth&rsquo\;s climate emergency by farming with rocks - join resea
rchers from the University for a series of live experiments showing how sp
eeding up rock weathering can help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphe
re (Live)
More info: https://opentechc alendar.co.uk/event/11402-the-university-of-sheffield-pop-up-university-fr ee
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