Bacteria live everywhere--not only in dirt and on doorknobs, but in your body, too! Come join us to learn the basics of how and why bacteria live with us and to review some newer research on how they might affect everything from what you eat to how you smell!

From Google to Charlottesville, bias shapes our national conversations. But is it only a problem of executives and fringe elements? Is it a problem at all? This class will focus on identifying our own biases and thinking critically about where they come from, how to fix them, and if we should.

The human genome has been fully sequenced, we’ve all but eradicated polio, a healthy human baby has been born from three parents, and 3D printed organs have already been implanted into patients. Why, then, does cancer still plague so many people, despite the thousands of researchers working to cure it? This crash course in human genetics will explore how cancer develops, why curing it is such a difficult problem, and how new medical technologies are approaching it. Note: While high school biology is a prerequisite, you do not have to be "good" at biology or remember the details to take this class!

Moths that mimic hummingbirds, ants that explode glue from their faces, parasitic wasps that control their host's brains: insects account for about half of all described species, and a lot of them are bizarre! We'll learn what flowers look like to bees and why crickets don't explode their exoskeleton when they flex their muscles, along with many strange and cool defenses and how they work.

This three-hour crash course is intended to bring students with no background in Chinese language from tones and letter sounds all the way through common grammar structures and phrases. Of course, no one-day course will teach you a language, but this will give you a strong basis from which to learn more, or else enough conversational Chinese to annoy your monolingual friends!

Moths that mimic hummingbirds, ants that explode glue from their faces, parasitic wasps that control their host's brains: insects account for about half of all described species, and a lot of them are bizarre! We'll learn what flowers look like to bees and why crickets don't explode their exoskeleton when they flex their muscles, along with many strange and cool defenses and how they work.