The Modesto Junior College Science Colloquium has been offering weekly science presentations for over 20 years to MJC and our community. We offer a variety of engaging and informative presentations and our audience incorporates students, employees, and members of our local community. All are encouraged to attend and admission is free. Please come out and join us, we hope to see you there!
Wednesdays from 3:15pm - 4:15pm
West Campus, Science Community Center, Rm. 115
Event and Parking are Free
This talk will discuss the process of memory encoding and provide practical study strategies to help students learn and retain new information more effectively.
As extractive industries, urbanization, and agribusiness expand in Brazilian Amazonia, the world’s most biodiverse forest biome approaches a critical tipping point. This talk explores how climate change itself is reducing the rainforest’s capacity to cope with deforestation, with significant consequences for regional climate and ecosystems.
This presentation explores the wide range of career opportunities in speech-language pathology, including work in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, outpatient clinics, private practice, schools, and home therapy. Areas of practice include stroke recovery, traumatic brain injury, pediatric language delays, articulation and voice disorders, hearing impairment, and more.
This presentation examines why postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) interventions succeed in high-resource settings but often fail in low-resource contexts. Guided by the WHO 2023–2030 Roadmap, the talk highlights engineering solutions designed for equity, including offline functionality, cold-chain independence, reusability, and rapid deployment. This work has been submitted to peer-reviewed journals and includes undergraduate student co-authorship.
This AI literacy talk introduces core concepts such as machine learning and deep learning using familiar, everyday applications. Designed for college students, the session connects AI to career pathways across disciplines while emphasizing responsible and practical use. The goal is to reduce anxiety around AI and build confidence for engaging with emerging technologies.
Talks will be recorded for the Science Colloquium’s YouTube Site for later viewing.
*Science Colloquium Committee:
Chair: Georget Oraha
Members: Richard Anderson, Jill Cross, Sarah Davis, Denise Godbout-Avant, Deborah
Martin, Elizabeth McInnes, Elana Peach-Fine, Erin Thompson
