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Jane Goodall, the internationally-known chimp researcher, will be making a pair of public appreances at the University of Minnesota on Saturday. Here's a link to the details. Both events are free and open to the public.
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Join us tonight for the Pompeii Adult Lecture: The Final Hours.
The Final Hours
Dr. Connie Rodriguez
Associate Professor and Department Chair of Classical Studies at Loyola of New Orleans
Thursday, October 18, 2007
7:00-9:00 PM
Dr. Rodriguez, visiting curator of the A Day in Pompeii exhibit, presents the final hours of Pompeii as related in letters by Pliny the Younger, who watched events unfold from a safe distance at Misenum. He tells of his uncle, Pliny the Elder, who was in charge of the Roman fleet stationed on the Bay of Naples and who met his death during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
Tickets for each Pompeii lecture are $12 per person ($8 per Science Museum member). Lectures will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Science Museum's auditorium on level 3. For more information or to reserve tickets, call (651) 221-9444.
It’s that time of year – prom season – and all geeks or geek wannabes are invited to Saturday’s Geek Prom. It will again be held at the Science Museum of Minnesota on May 12 from 9 p.m. to midnight.
It’s an event open to those ages 18 and over and includes such geek-tasitc activities like:
* Music by E.L.nO., the Twin Cities' best E.L.O. cover band
* Spaz Dance Contest
* Prom King and Queen Coronation
* Talent Contest
* Handwriting analysis
* Video Gaming on the big screen
Tickets are $15, $10 with a student ID and are available by calling 651-221-9444. Tickets will also be available at the door.
The world premiere RACE: Are We So Different? exhibit is showing Science Museum visitors that race has an impact on our lives each day, often in ways that are hidden or undetected by popular media.
In conjunction with the exhibit, the Science Museum is drawing upon local, regional, and national perspectives and inviting visitors to explore an in-depth understanding of race and its impact on our society during a speakers’ forum this spring.
Each forum includes live entertainment, a featured speaker, time for reaction from a panel of respondents, and questions from the audience.
Thursday, March 29
Race and Immigration
Hosted by Arlene Torres, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Respondents are
- Kazoua Kong-Thao, Vice Chair of St. Paul Board of Education,
- and Sandra Vargas, Hennepin County Administrator.
Admission to the RACE Forums is $12 per person ($8 for members, seniors, and students and $4 for individuals with limited incomes) and includes admission to the RACE exhibit.
Forums take place in the 3D Cinema. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Please help spread the word! To make reservations, call (651) 221-9444.
On Saturday, March 24, the Science Museum will host the annual American Indians in Science event. You can meet people from the Twin Cities American Indian community who've made significant contributions to science, engineering, and education. Some of this year's presenting organizations include:
- University of Minnesota Academic Programs for Excellence in Engineering and Science
- Ando-giikendaasowin Native American Math and Science (ANAMS) Programs
- The Susan LaFlesche Amputation Reduction Network
- White Earth Land Recovery Project
- University of Minnesota Medical School
- United States Army Corps of Engineers
American Indians in Science festivities are free with museum admission and run from 1 to 4 p.m. throughout the museum.
Dr. Clarence Lehman of the University of Minnesota will present an evening program on Energy and Biofuels at the Warner Nature Center on Friday, January 12, 2007 at 7:00 PM.
Dr. Lehman co-authored a paper featured as the cover story in the prestigious journal Science on Dec. 8, 2006. The highly regarded work emphasizes the importance of native grassland perennials in providing more usable energy, greater greenhouse gas reductions and less agrichemical pollution than corn grain ethanol or soybean biodiesel.
The evening is co-hosted by the Friends of Warner Nature Center and the Friends of the St. Croix Watershed Research Station Research. Refreshments and beverages will follow the program. The cost of the evening is free to any members of either Friends group and is open to the public with tickets priced at $12/family or $8/individual. Call (651) 433-2427 to register or for more information.
Buzz stories about biofuel:
- Which biofuel is better?
- Latest development in renewable energy (This article is based on the paper in Science.)
- Making fuel from trash
- Hydrogen from soybeans
- Chalk one up for diversity
- Fanning the flames of change at the University of Minnesota-Morris
Sad little pluto
The folks at the Minnesota Planatarium are planning a wake due to Pluto's loss of planatary status. Join them at Joe's Garage in Minneapolis on Thursday, August 31 from 7 to 9 p.m.
Join us for a wake in honor of our dearly departed planet Pluto. It was a good planet, and although it will have new life in the ranks of dwarf planets, we'll remember it how it was in its full planetary glory.
We'll also have a telescope on the roof to view the quarter moon. Parke may be persuaded to give a short Eulogy.
Informal and impromptu
Food and drink available for purchase.
Costumes not required but prize for best Pluto costume.
Toasts to Pluto encouraged.
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