Science in the Triangle

Monday, September 6

Labor Day Holiday

Tuesday, September 7

UPGG and IGSP Seminar Series: Origin of AIDS and Malaria

12:30 – 2:00pm

Duke University, Nanaline Duke Building, Room 147

Speaker: Beatrice H. Hahn, MD, Professor of Medicine and Microbiology/Co-Director, Center for AIDS Research
University of Alabama at Birmingham. More.

Wednesday, September 8

Innovation@rtp Speaker Series: Innovations in HealthIT

4:00 – 5:00pm

RTP Headquarters, 12 Davis Drive

Get an overview of the changing landscape of electronic medical records and the next wave of technology sweeping through the health industry. Speaker: Sam Christie, VP of Product Technology at Allscripts in Raleigh.

Interested?

Biotech Forum: The FDA Today

5:30 – 8:00pm

North Carolina Biotechnology Center

Join CED and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center for an interactive discussion focused on the Food and Drug Administration. A panel of industry leaders explore current trends, approval patterns, the impact of new legislation, and next generation technologies that are gaining momentum at the FDA.

Thursday, September 9

Hopscotch Music Festival

(Thurs. 9/9 – Sat. 9/11)

Downtown Raleigh

Homegrown by the Independent Weekly, the Hopscotch Music Festival gives the Triangle something new and noteworthy – an event that celebrates the area’s rich local talent by pairing it with an abundance of amazing national and international bands. Featuring just about every genre imaginable – rock, hip-hop, alt-country, metal, dance, punk, classical, noise, drone, folk, and more – the festival offers choices for every type of music fan. Linking 10 venues over three nights, including Friday and Saturday in City Plaza, the city’s premier public space, Hopscotch invites you to enjoy downtown Raleigh in a way you haven’t yet.

Friday, September 10

NC FIRST Robotics Information and Demonstration Session

4:00 – 6:00pm

The RTP Headquarters, 12 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Offers robotics programs throughout North Carolina for students between the ages of 6 and 18. There will be a presentation about the robotics programs and student participants will showcase their robotics work.

Admission is free! RSVP to Research Triangle Park Headquarters.

“A Conversation with Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate in Literature”

7:30 – 9:00pm

National Humanities Center, 7 TW Alexander Drive, RTP, NC 27709

Speaker: Wole Soyinka, Loyola Marymount University. More on the NHC’s website.

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To view a complete calendar of RTP community events, please visit the Science in the Triangle calendar.