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N.C. below national average in NAEP science scores
Sunday, February 13, 2011, 6:43 pm No Comments | Post a CommentOriginally published: 2/3/11
Kelly Allen teaches biology and chemistry at East Chapel Hill High School. She runs the Science Olympiad program and brings her Science Days seniors’ club to perform live demonstrations at local elementary schools to spark an interest in young minds. But, she recognizes, most students in North Carolina do not get the science opportunities hers do.
“In some instances,” Allen said. “Teachers are told, ‘DO NOT waste your time teaching science. Only teach math and reading.’ It’s really disheartening.”
Allen said this has been an unintentional consequence of No Child Left Behind, the controversial 2002 federal education overhaul which places a heavy emphasis on teaching to standardized K-12 math and reading tests. Other classes, some say, fall by the wayside.
It has long been Allen’s hypothesis that this would take its toll on science test scores. Now, she’s found the data to support her claim. The U.S. Department of Education published this week the results of the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) science test, finding less than half the nation’s youth have a ‘proficient’ understanding of science. North Carolina’s percentages were lower than the national average.
According to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, 30 percent of state students who performed at or above the NAEP proficiency level in 2009. The national percentage was 32. The state had 69 percent at or above a basic level of understanding, compared to 71 percent nationally.
Nick Cabot taught high school physics in Seattle for 15 years. Now he’s at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Education, teaching how to teach science. Cabot said he recognizes the state is not where it needs to be with regards to science education.
The way he sees it, students aren’t learning scientific thinking or reasoning skills.
“There’s too much emphasis on memorizing factoids,” he said. “But facts are no more science than a bunch of stones are a house. You need a conceptual framework to go with it.”
Cabot suggests more time spent teaching how to form a hypothesis, how to construct an experiment to test it, and how to reach a logical conclusion. Science is relevant to every student’s daily life, he said, and classroom lessons should reflect that.
This is a task DPI is actively undertaking, said Beverly Vance, section chief for K-12 science, curriculum and instruction. She said to expect more hands-on, interactive approaches to science in the future, inside and outside the classroom.
“One thing I’m really excited about is partnering informal education communities such as museums or Cub Scouts with the classrooms,” Vance said. “In class, you learn about ecosystems. In Cub Scouts, you’re out there seeing how an ecosystem works.”
Vance acknowledges the upward hike for science education in North Carolina, but holds high aspirations for the future. She thinks the best way to solve the big problem is to start with the small.
“Our goal is to be number one in the country,” she said. “However, to set a statewide goal, we really need to look at the data and make some target goals based on where they are, region by region.”
To Cabot, it’s more important to use new tactics to activate the students’ motivation. Foremost for him is an embrace of technology, even if the kids are literally playing games.
“I think we could use more video games to teach,” Cabot said. “They put us in that cognitive middle zone between what we can do now and what we can do with a little push. They also provide instant feedback.”
Cabot said he was one of the first science teachers to use technology in the classroom after he talked his school board into giving him $50,000 for Macintosh computers in 1994.
Cabot supports abolishing all standardized tests or at least significantly improving them. Tests, he says, are no good to students if they don’t teach what really matters.
“It’s not important to me that they don’t know a lithium ion has three protons and four neutrons,” Cabot said. “It’s that they don’t know what a legitimate argument is. What evidence is. How to get through their daily lives.”
Allen said she is not opposed to standardized testing, as long as it’s helpful and focuses on more than just math and reading. She even thinks math and science ought to be taught in concert.
“To be competitive in the world,” she said. “We need to have good scientists.”
North Carolina’s NAEP scores came in below 24 other states, better than nine other states, and on par with 13 more. Five states did not participate.
The test was given to fourth, eighth, and twelfth grade students around the country. Unlike many standardized tests, questions were both multiple choice and short-answer explanation boxes. Students were tested on physical, life, and space sciences.
RTP Week Ahead, Feb. 7-11
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Monday, February 7
BioNetwork Course: Operation in Biotechnology Processes
8:00am (Mon. 2/7) – 12:00pm (Fri. 2/11)
BioNetwork Capstone Center, BTEC 250 B, 850 Oval Drive, Centennial Campus, Raleigh, NC 27695
Take a hands-on approach to learning the details of the typical processing steps used to produce a biopharmaceutical in a simulated cGMP environment. An understanding of the science and equipment used in each processing step will be provided, as well as hands-on laboratory experience in fermentation, product isolation, and purification of a protein.
26th Annual Emerging Issues Forum
8:00am (Mon. 2/7) – 5:00pm (Tues. 2/8)
Raleigh Convention Center
Join leading thinkers, practitioners, and decision makers for a summit on healthcare innovations in North Carolina. We will highlight the state’s most promising ideas, many of which are now hidden behind walls of their creative institutions. Then, you’ll get to work alongside over 1,300 attendees to match innovations with the people and places who want them.
Speakers include N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue and CNN Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Tuesday, February 8
DGHI Seminar: “Discontinuing HIV Treatment in Resource-Limited Settings”
9:00 – 10:00am
124 Trent Hall, Duke University
In resource-limited settings, increasing numbers of HIV-infected individuals are initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) and remaining in care longer. Many HIV budgets, however, are flattening or decreasing. By modeling a policy of discontinuing ART after treatment failure, we aimed to highlight trade-offs among competing policy goals of optimizing individual health outcomes, population health outcomes, and the number receiving treatment.
Periodic Tables: Spintronics: Can Chemists Put a Spin on Molecular Electronics?
7:00 – 9:00pm
Broad Street Cafe, Durham
New electronic devices which operate by taking advantage of an electron’s spin (in addition to its charge) are envisioned. One such device is already in use as a “read/write head” in a magnetic hard-drive. Future “spintronic” devices might allow for components that are smaller, faster, consume less energy and have “instant on” capabilities. Speaker: David Schultz, Director, Center for Molecular Spintronics, NC State University.
Wednesday, February 9
9:30 – 11:30am
Raleigh, NC
Come hear from leading venture capitalists as we explore trends in technology, startups, and where VC firms are looking to deploy capital in 2011. We will also save time for networking and Q&A at the end, so bring your startup and financing questions. Registration is open to the public, but we have limited seating available. Please register early.
Innovation@RTP: Managing Social Media
4:00 – 5:00pm
RTP HQ, 12 Davis Drive, RTP, NC 27709
Managing Social Media is a challenge for any business today. Figuring out a communications strategy, corporate messaging, and brand/reputation management reactions are difficult business decisions for most executives. Where is the ROI and what is next? Awareness is the first step, but how do you know what to do and who is best positioned to do something about what is being said in the blogosphere? Presenter: Joe Davy, CEO of EvoApp.
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Nature Research Center to be engine for science in state
Sunday, February 6, 2011, 9:47 am 2 Comments | Post a Comment
3D simulation of the Nature Research Center, downtown Raleigh
Original posting: 1/27/11
RALEIGH – Things are taking shape for the Museum of Natural Science’s new Nature Research Center in Raleigh. Former governor Jim Hunt dedicated the center’s to museum director Betsy Bennett Tuesday. Amazon research author and rainforest preservation enthusiast Margaret Lowman has been brought on as the NRC director. Now the Museum is entering its final phase of gathering funding.
Overall, the Nature Research Center will cost $56 million. The majority—$37.5 million—goes to construction and building costs. The remainder will go to exhibits. Currently, the Museum is 83 percent toward its financial goal, said director of exhibits Roy Campbell. He doesn’t anticipate a problem getting the rest.
“We’re very optimistic about it,” Campbell said. “When people understand that the purpose of the project is increasing science literacy they understand. Even in these times, they know it’s the right thing to do.”
The NRC will create 45 to 50 new science jobs at the museum, said communications director Jon Pishney. National and international scientists will also be invited to speak.
“We want to demystify science to students and the public,” Pishney said. “We’re trying to provide resources, inspiration, and encouragement.”
As the project has seen federal, city, and county money, as well as money from close-knit private donors, the remainder will come from the general public. Campbell said an online campaign was launched last Monday.
The quicker the mercury rises on the fundraising thermometer, the more likely the NRC will meet its projected spring 2012 opening.
Lowman said the lab spaces have been financed in part by state legislators. The state, she said, has shown overwhelming support for the project.
“I think they recognize that science education is the economic future of North Carolina,” Lowman said. “There’s a strong correlation to how successful it’s been with the Research Triangle Park. This is just an extension of that for the younger generation.”
Still, a majority of the funds come from private donors, like the Friends of the Museum. Angela Baker-James is the executive director of the Friends, a non-profit that works inside the museum and helps provide for everything from fundraising to special exhibits to the gift shop.
Baker-James said the state set aside $10 million for NRC exhibits several years back and the Friends of the Museum plan to contribute even more. Members of the State Employees Credit Union (SECU), which shares the construction site with the Museum, donated $4 million.
The biggest obstacle, naturally, is the economic climate. Whitman said she hopes the project can continue seeing legislative support amidst budget cuts.
“Just like in rain forest deforestation, you need to be able to look at the big picture,” she said. “And this is a big picture item to make sure North Carolina is really competitive with science education.”
Lowman’s 2000 memoir Life in the Treetops received a cover review on the New York Times Sunday Book Review. She gave a presentation on her work in the jungles as well as her plans for engaging folks back here at Tir Na Nog Irish pub in Raleigh last Tuesday. She says to expect some cool tie-ins to her work as part of the new center, including an authentic canopy-walk at Prairie Ridge on Reedy Creek Road.
“No one has censused any of the things that live in the canopies of North Carolina,” Lowman said.
She implied the walk might be ready at some point this year.
“We have a budget, we have some grants out. We’re hopeful that it might be soon.”
Campbell said there will be four main demo labs inside the center: herb observation, paleontology, DNA and conservation biology, and special equipments like microscopy.
Lowman hinted that the first exhibits would center on climate change and weather. The canopy project is separate from the NRC budget.
The Nature Research Center has been in the works for almost a decade. The first formal planning meeting, Campbell said, was on September 11, 2001. There was a question of whether to go forward with it that night, but ultimately collaborators decided it was important enough to make the exception.
The Museum of Natural Sciences opened to the public in 1879 in an office building on Fayetteville Street. It received its own proper building in April 2000.
RTP Week Ahead, December 13-17
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Bull City Forward Holiday Market, Wed. @7pm, W. Main Street, Durham
Tuesday, December 14
TARDC December: Computational Thinking for a 21st Century Workforce
12:00 – 1:30pm
RTP HQ, 12 Davis Drive, RTP, NC 27709
Speaker: Dr. Robert M. Panoff, founder and Executive Director of The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., and a consultant at several national laboratories.
Periodic Tables: Here Is a Human Being, At the Dawn of Personal Genomics
7:00 – 9:00pm
Broad Street Cafe, Durham
Speaker: Misha Angrist, Assistant Professor, Duke University. DNA technology has already changed our health care, the food we eat, our criminal justice system – and we are only in the first inning. In the new book HERE IS A HUMAN BEING: At the Dawn of Personal Genomics, Angrist brings us the first inside story of the Personal Genome Project.
Wednesday, December 15
Going Viral: Making and Distributing Online Video
5:00 – 9:30pm
Designbox, 323 W. Martin St, Raleigh, NC 27601
This workshop will change the way you think about viral videos and improve your approach to building and engaging an audience for your company, your brand and your craft. We’ll go through the whole process as we produce and distribute an online video together in class.
Bull City Forward Holiday Market
7:00 – 9:00pm
101 W. Main Street, Durham, NC 27701
Come to the Bull City Forward Holiday Market, where local social enterprises will sell products that contribute to the greater good! Be it fair trade clothing, sustainable skin care products, or local food, you will find something for everyone on your list while enjoying refreshments and good company. Free!
Thursday, December 16
TGHC Monthly Breakfast Discussion: Pro-Poor Health Financing
7:30 – 9:00am
Congressional Conference Room, NC Biotechnology Center, 15 TW Alexander Drive, RTP
The facilitators will present a summary of findings concerning pro-poor health financing strategies implemented in diverse countries at the local and national levels. The focus of our discussion during this session will be on an exchange of experiences and information regarding community-based approaches that have proved effective in providing health care services to a highly disfranchised population.
SEMINAR: The Elusive Intestinal Stem Cell: Progress and Challenges
10:00 – 11:00am
NIEHS, Rall Bldg. Room D450
LMC Seminar Series. Speaker: Dr. Susan Henning – UNC, Chapel Hill.
Infectious Disease Seminar: “Staphylococcus Aureus Infections in the Genomic Era”
4:00 – 6:00pm
131 Hanes House, Duke University
This seminar is presented by Vance Fowler, MD, MHS, an associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Duke School of Medicine. Learn more about Fowler’s work on his faculty page.
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RTP Week Ahead, Dec. 6-10
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Reality Bites: A One-Medicine Approach to Vector-Borne Diseases. Wednesday, December 8th, Sheraton Imperial Durham
Monday, December 6
2010 Biostatistics Seminar Series
12:00pm – 1:50pm
Bondurant Hall, Room 2020, UNC-CH
Topic: Introduction to Bayesian Statistics. Speaker: Joe Ibrahim. This semester seminar series targets Clinical and Translational Science Investigators who have had basic training in biostatistics methods.
RTP/Carolina Chapter: How Do You Handle Co-opetition?
5:30 – 7:30pm
Mez Restaurant, 5410 Page Road, RTP
Join us for dinner, networking and holiday cheer! And an Alliance skills workshop with a Humentum Simulette! $20 members, $25 others.
Tuesday, December 7
SEMINAR: Open Access Chemical Probes for Drug Discovery
12:00 – 1:00pm
NIEHS, Rall Bldg. Exec. Conf. Rm
Speaker: William J. Zuercher, Ph.D. – Department of Chemical Biology, Platform Technology and Science – GlaxoSmithKline
Women In Bio-RTP Holiday Celebration
6:00 – 9:00pm
Chatham Hill Winery, 3800 Gateway Centre Blvd., Suite 310 Morrisville, NC 27560
Network and share the holiday spirit as well as learn a bit about the “science of wine” from Dr. Wojciechowski, owner and winemaker of Chatham Hill Winery. We look forward to celebrating with you at this casual and fun holiday celebration!
Wednesday, December 8
Reality Bites: A One Medicine Approach to Vector-borne Diseases
Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center, Durham, North Carolina
A conference for physicians, nurses, veterinarians, veterinary technicians, public health professionals, environmental health specialists, agriculture and wildlife professionals, and federal, military, state and local disaster responders.
Innovation@RTP: East Coast Hub for Gaming!
4:00 – 5:30pm
RTP HQ, 12 Davis Drive, RTP, NC 27709
If you’re a person or company in the Triangle developing, publishing, working on, or writing about interactive entertainment, or just plain interested in the Industry, you need to come to this session of Innovation in RTP. A panel of experts will be discussing topics that range from the Big Picture of Gaming, the Art of making a Game, Serious Gaming, and the Technology behind Gaming.
Thursday, December 9
TBJ Tech – Better Technology for Better Business
7:30 – 11:30am
The Umstead Hotel & Spa, 100 Woodland Pond Drive, Cary, NC 27513
Join Triangle Business Journal along with partners NCTA and CED for a symposium exploring how technology is impacting and improving business.
“Mediterranean Trade and the Arts: A Cross-Cultural Reading”
5:00 – 6:30pm
National Humanities Center, 7 TW Alexander Drive, RTP, NC 27709
Speaker: Maria Georgopoulou, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece
Friday, December 10
SEMINAR: Ribonucleases H: substrates in vitro and effects of loss in vivo
10:00am – 12:00pm
NIEHS, Rall Bldg. Rodbell ABC
Speaker: Dr. Robert Crouch – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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RTP Week Ahead, Nov. 15-19
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Monday, November 15
Becoming an Investor-Ready Entrepreneur
8:00am – 5:30pm
N.C. Biotechnology Center, 15 T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP, NC
This program was developed with direct input from experienced entrepreneurs, angel investors, angel networks/fund executives, and venture capitalists, and provides an “insider’s look” into the world of equity funding. By understanding what investors look for, entrepreneurs can reduce barriers to funding, navigate the process more easily, and increase the chances of obtaining funding for their business.
2010 Biostatistics Seminar Series: Ethics, Placebos and Adaptive Randomization
12:00 – 1:50pm
Bondurant Hall, Room 2010, UNC-CH
This semester seminar series targets Clinical and Translational Science Investigators who have had basic training in biostatistics methods (e.g., completed Bios 541 and 542) and are interested in learning more about a variety of more advanced topics. Each session will be led by a different member of the NC TraCS Biostatistics Core or other Biostatistics faculty member. Speaker: Anastasia Ivanova. Read more…
RTP Week Ahead, Nov. 8-13
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N.C. Biotechnology Center dedication, 10/26/10
Monday, November 8th
Entrepreneur Night with Brad Feld and David Cohen of TechStars
6:00 – 9:00pm
American Tobacco – BAY 7, 318 Blackwell Street, Durham, NC 27701
On November 8th, LaunchBox Digital and Square 1 Bank will host Brad Feld and David Cohen of TechStars fame. Brad and David will discuss their experiences with TechStars, their lifelong journey in technology startups and their new book, “Do More Faster”. $10. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Light food and beverage served.
Tuesday, November 9th
Lecture: “The Suicide of the Humanities”
5:00 – 7:00pm
National Humanities Center, 7 T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP, 27709
Speaker: Dr. Raymond Tallis, University of Liverpool
Periodic Tables: Scott Huler’s “On The Grid”
7:00 – 9:00pm
Broad Street Cafe, Durham
Join us for a unique Periodic Tables as DG Martin, host of UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch program, will be interviewing Scott Huler about his latest book. The event will be filmed for a later broadcast on UNC-TV.
Wednesday, November 10th
Practical Method Development for Liquid Chromatography
8:20am – 12:00pm
NC Biotechnology Center, 15 T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP
Seminar intended to provide a complete, practical working knowledge of liquid chromatographic method development. Workshop Lecturer: Richard Lake, Pharmaceutical Market Development Manager at Restek.
Innovation@RTP: Your Employees are leaving and you don’t even know!
4:00 – 5:30pm
RTP HQ, 12 Davis Drive, RTP, NC 27709
Employee Retention is not a subject managers are talking much about today. However, with the economy turning around, retention is a major issue facing many industries today. Come and learn how Cisco is addressing this issue with Talent Connection and lessons learned from rolling this major program across the company. Speaker: Heather Yurko.
Thursday, November 11th
CED’s Direct Connections Lunch: Life Science Trends
12:00 – 1:30pm
CED’s Classroom in the American Underground, American Tobacco (334 Blackwell, Suite B012, Durham, NC 27701)
Please note: Registration closes 2 days prior to the event and is for CED members only. This is a member-only event. To join CED as a member, click link.
Public Health Perspectives on Traditional and Integrative Medicine by Gerard Bodeker
4:00 – 5:30pm
John Hope Franklin Center Room 240, Duke Global Health Institute
Most research has focused on clinical and experimental medicine (safety, efficacy, and mechanism of action) and regulatory issues, to the general neglect of public health dimensions. Public health research must consider social, cultural, political and economic contexts to maximize the contribution of traditional and complementary medicine to health care systems globally. Speaker: Gerard Bodeker, University of Oxford and Columbia University.
Saturday, November 13th
2010 IndieConf
8:00am – 5:00pm
The McKimmon Center, 1101 Gorman St, Raleigh, 27695
indieconf is a conference for independent web professionals. Who should attend? Web freelancers, contractors and those considering making the jump. Whether you’re a designer or developer, indieconf will help you run your business smarter, saving you time and money. Only $99.
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RTP Week Ahead, Nov. 1-6
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Monday, November 1
DGHI Seminar: Changing Equity in China’s New Cooperative Medical Scheme
12:00 – 1:00pm
Trent Hall Room 124, Duke University
Speaker: Dr. Shenglan Tang, working as a Scientist at UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR). He has over twenty years experiences of undertaking research-related to health systems reform, disease control and maternal and child health in China.
Tuesday, November 2
HBA Women’s Interactive Networking (WIN) Luncheon
11:30am – 1:30pm
Brasa Steak House, 8551 Brier Creek Parkway, Raleigh, NC 27617
WIN is a bimonthly luncheon sponsored by the RTP Chapter of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association. This luncheon which is open to HBA members and to non-members will be held at the Brasa Steakhouse in convenient Brier Creek Shopping Center. The meeting begins with a casual networking session followed by a buffet luncheon and a variety of formal and informal networking activities.
Wednesday, November 3
Carrboro Creative Coworking: West End Ruby Meetup
6:30 – 8:30pm
Carrboro Creative Coworking 205 Lloyd St Suite 101 Carrboro, NC 27510
Thursday, November 4
8:00am – 5:00pm
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences mall
Open to the public!
NCSU Engineering Seminar: “Computing and Communications Technologies: The Work/Life Connection”
4:00 – 6:00pm
Stewart Theatre, Talley Student Center, NC State University
Keynote speaker is Dr. Sherry Turkle; Panelists are Dr. Victoria Szabo, Dr. R. Michael Young and David Gruber.
Dr. Sherry Turkle is Abby Rockefeller Mauz? Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the founder (2001) and current director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self, a center of research and reflection on the evolving connections between people and artifacts.
Friday, November 5
8:00am – 5:00pm
N.C. Biotechnology Center, 15 T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP, NC
Research Triangle Park Chapter Association of Clinical Research Professionals Fall Conference: Emerging Trends in Clinical Research. Keynote speaker is Ken Getz, Founder and Chairman of CISSCRP, Senior Research Fellow at Tufts CSDD, and former CEP and President at Thompson Centerwatch.
Saturday, November 6
Going Viral: Making and Distributing Online Video
9:30am – 5:00pm
Cambria Suites RDU, 300 Airport Dr, Morrisville, NC 27560
This workshop will change the way you think about viral videos and teach you how to make them work for you. Fundamentals include: * Why videos go viral * A framework for coming up with viral video ideas * User-friendly and affordable video technology * Techniques for storyboarding, shooting, editing and sound * Getting video found through search engines * Distributing video online through video-sharing sites and social media.
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RTP Week Ahead, Oct. 25-29
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Students and parents enjoy the FIRST Robotics demonstration at The RTP Headquarters
Monday, October 25
2010 Safe Drinking Water Symposium: “Water and Health: Where Science meets Policy”
Mon. 10/25 – Thurs. 10/28
Friday Center, Chapel Hill
The international conference will bring together individuals and experts from academia, industry, NGOs, government and foundations to provide an inter-disciplinary perspective spanning science, policy, practice, financing and economics on drinking water sanitation, hygiene and water resources with a strong public health emphasis. The conference will deal with critical concerns relevant to both the developing and developed worlds.
2010 Biostatistics Seminar Series: “Statistical Issues in Imaging Studies”
12:00 – 1:50pm
Bondurant Hall, UNC-CH
Targets Clinical and Translational Science Investigators with basic training in biostatistics methods (e.g., completed Bios 541 and 542) and are interested in learning more about a variety of more advanced topics. Speaker: Hongtu Zhu.
Tuesday, October 26
Developing Breakthrough Medicines: Success Stories from Women Leaders in Life Sciences
6:00 – 9:00pm
Brier Creek Country Club
Dr.Vipin Garg, President and CEO of Tranzyme Pharma, will moderate a panel of three highly successful women in the life sciences industry who have been responsible for developing multiple new drugs during their careers. This unique panel will take you through their exciting journey starting from academic research to the pharmaceutical industry to successful entrepreneurship.
Wednesday, October 27
Seminar: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
10:00am – 12:30pm
NIEHS, Keystone Room 3003
Speaker: Alison Johnson, Chemical Sensitivity Foundation
Thursday, October 28
CED’s “Start Something” Party!
6:00 – 9:00pm
Bay 7, American Tobacco Campus, Durham
Come celebrate our move at our Housewarming Party! CED is moving to The American Underground at the American Tobacco Campus in downtown Durham, NC. Join us for an evening of networking, tours, prizes and more. $15 a head.
Burden of Disease Approach to Prioritizing Environmental Policy Initiatives
5:30 – 7:00pm
North Carolina Biotechnology Center, 15 T. W. Alexander Dr, RTP, NC
Dr. Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson, UNC will discuss “Burden of Disease Approach to Prioritizing Environmental Policy Initiatives: A Case Study in the United Arab Emirates.” For more info, see online brochure.
Friday, October 29
7:00am – 12:00pm
N.C. Biotechnology Center, 15 T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP, NC
The BioSciences Forum brings together key industry leaders for a discussion of the management issues that are unique to the biosciences industries. We define biosciences as the red, green and white industry sectors impacted by the tools of biotechnology, including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics, nutrition, agriculture, industrial bioproducts, as well as firms allied with these industries. Our speakers represent a cross-section of these industry sectors. Free to attend!
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RTP Week Ahead, Oct. 18-23
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Monday, October 18
Marketing Mondays: Culture of Brands and Brands of Culture
4:00 – 5:30pm
RTP HQ, 12 Davis Drive, RTP, NC 27709
*Sponsored event. Paul Kalbfleisch, VP of Brand Creativity at Research In Motion (RIM), will discuss how culture influences brands as well as how brands influence culture. He will share his observations on how the BlackBerry(r) success story has been affected by this powerful duality. Paul has also graciously provided a NEW BlackBerry Torch as our October event door prize!
6:00 – 8:00pm
Hotel Indigo, 161 Tatum Drive, Durham, NC 27703
This CleanLinks event will feature a panel discussing Clean Lighting in North Carolina. The group will define and discuss why energy efficient lighting works from a financial, technological and political perspective and how this sector can continue to accelerate the North Carolina economy. Free (cash bar available).
Tuesday, October 19
Sigma Xi pizza lunch lecture: Images of Darwin and the Nature of Science
12:00pm- 1:30pm
Sigma Xi
Free! Speaker: NCSU evolutionary biology professor Will Kimler. Prof. Kimler researches the history of evolutionary ideas in natural history, ecology, genetics and behavior.
TGHC Gates Challenge Grants Collaboration
5:00 – 8:00pm
North Carolina Biotechnology Center, 15 TW Alexander Drive, RTP, NC
Join us for this two part inaugural event aimed to increase knowledge about funding opportunities and foster the development of local collaborative relationships.
Wednesday, October 20
Science Cafe Raleigh: March of the Fossil Penguins
6:00 – 8:00pm
Tir Na Nog, 218 South Blount Street, Raleigh
In this Science Cafe we will get to know some of the diverse cast of extinct penguins, including primitive species from the deep past, spear-billed penguins from Peru, and giants that would have towered over today’s Emperor Penguins.
Thursday, October 21
Epic Games, IBM and Spark Plug Games Discuss Marketing and Gaming
11:30am – 1:30pm
Brier Creek Country Club, 9400 Club Hill Dr Raleigh, NC 27617 US
The Triangle AMA presents a star-studded panel of gaming experts who will discuss how marketing and gaming are intertwined, what the future holds for gaming, and how the Triangle ranks in the top five of US gaming hubs and is now the #1 hub worldwide for gaming engines!
Friday, October 22
AgBiotech Industry Round Table
8:00am – 1:30pm
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
The goal of the AgBiotech Industry Round Table is to strengthen industry/university collaborations and to provide insight to university researchers and business representatives from agriculture/biotechnology companies on how to foster greater innovation and economic development impact. Speakers: Monsanto, Syngenta, BASF.
Saturday, October 23
BarCampRDU 2010
Red Hat’s Headquarters on NC State’s Centennial Campus
RSVP. Pre-party Friday night, downtown Raleigh.
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