Science in the Triangle

Events taking place the week of Oct. 19 in the Research Triangle area that are open to the public:

MONDAY

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy, Room 04
Ewing Lecture on Ethics in Journalism: Adventures in Journalism, from CIA Secret Prisons to Walter Reed.
Speaker: Dana Priest, Pulitzer-Prize winning Washington Post investigative reporter

TUESDAY

8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Wake Technical Community College, 9101 Fayetteville Road, Raleigh
Main campus, Student Services Bldg. Auditorium
NCTA’s emerging technologies and trends breakfast: Gaming and advanced learning technologies
Registration fee: $49 for non-members
More information here.

11 a.m. to noon
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park
Rall Bldg. Rodbell A
Biostatics branch seminar

Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Sigma Xi, 3106 Hwy. 54, Research Triangle Park
American Scientist pizza lunch
Steven Churchill, associate professor of evolution at Duke University, will speak about the origins of projective weaponry and how that fit with the emergence of other aspects of modern human behavior. He’ll also talk about his forensics work exploring ways our ancestors may have used weapons against evolutionary cousins who no longer roam this planet.
RSVP required to cclabby@amsci.org

Noon to 1:30 p.m.
RTP headquarters, 12 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park
TARDC speaker series and lunch
Dr. Troy Nagle, professor of biomedical engineering at UNC-CH and NCSU and professor of electrical and computer engineering at NCSU, will speak about bridging academic and research cultures.
Non-members: $35
More information at tardc@rtp.org.

1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
NIEHS, 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park
Rall Bldg. Rodbell ABC
Seminar: Shattering attitudinal barriers and exemplifying disability etiquette
Speaker: Richard E. Espinosa, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Civil Rights

WEDNESDAY

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sheraton Hotel, 1 Europa Drive, Chapel Hill
NIEHS Worker Education and Training Program: Global safety and health activities

4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
NIEHS, 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park
Rall Bldg. Rodbell A
Triangle Area Magnetic Resonance meeting

5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
N.C. Biotechnology Center, 15 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park
Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association RTP chapter: Power Up Your Leadership Style: Assessing Personal Skills and Leveraging Points of Strength
Registration fee: $50 for non-members
More information here.

THURSDAY

10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
NIEHS, 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park
Rall Bldg. Room D450
Seminar: Compensatory issues and functional roles of C/EBPa and C/EBPb in epithelial homeostasis and tumorigenesis
Speaker: Robert C. Smart, N.C. State University

1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
NIEHS, 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park
Rall Bldg. Room F193
Seminar: Telomere looping: role of t-loops and t-circles
Speaker: Jack Griffith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

FRIDAY

8 a.m. to 6:15 p.m.
N.C. Central University, School of Education, Durham
Social Media Business Forum
Registration fee: $250
More information here.