RELATE - April 15, 2015 - Charlotte Research Institute

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College of Computing and Informatics
Nanoscale Science Seminar Series
North Carolina Research Campus
SciVisit
Department of Geography & Earth Sciences
Office of International Programs
The Science and Technology EXPO (NC Science Festival)
The William States Lee College of Engineering
College of Education
Infrastructure, Design, Environment, and Sustainability
(IDEAS) Center
“Motorsports” Aaron Cress
April 15, 2015
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College of Computing and Informatics
Controversies and Concerns: Agricultural Biotechnology and GMOs
A North Carolina Science Festival Event
Date:
April 15, 2015 at 7:00 PM
Location:
Bioinformatics 105
An expert-led discussion on Genetically Modified Organisms, their current use in medicine and agriculture, their future
potential, and public fears. The panel will feature Drs. Kenneth Bost and Kenneth Piller, prominent UNC Charlotte
researchers in the field.
2015 College of Computing and Informatics Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker:
Oussama Khatib, Professor, Computer Science Department, Stanford University
Date:
April 17, 2015 - 3:00pm
Location:
Woodward 106
Oussama Khatib received his Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering from Sup’Aero, Toulouse, France, in 1980.
He is Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. His work on advanced robotics focuses on methodologies
and technologies in human-centered robotics including humanoid control architectures, human motion synthesis,
interactive dynamic simulation, haptics, and human- friendly robot design. He is Co-Editor of the Springer Tracts in
Advanced Robotics series, and has served on the Editorial Boards of several journals as well as the Chair or Co-Chair
of numerous international conferences. He co-edited the Springer Handbook of Robotics, which received the PROSE
Award. He is a Fellow of IEEE and has served as a Distinguished Lecturer. He is the President of the International
Foundation of Robotics Research (IFRR). Professor Khatib is a recipient of the Japan Robot Association (JARA)
Award in Research and Development. In 2010 he received the IEEE RAS Pioneer Award in Robotics and Automation
for his fundamental pioneering contributions in robotics research, visionary leadership, and life-long commitment to the
field. Professor Khatib received the 2013 IEEE RAS Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his vision and
leadership for the Robotics and Automation Society, in establishing and sustaining conferences in robotics and related
areas, publishing influential monographs and handbooks and training and mentoring the next generation of leaders in
robotics education and research. In 2014, Professor Khatib received the 2014 IEEE RAS George Saridis Leadership
Award in Robotics and Automation.
Speaker:
Date:
Location:
Michael Dulin, Senior Scientist, Genomics & Molecular Epidemiology British Columbia Centre for
Disease Control
April 24, 2015 - 3:00 PM
Woodward, 106
For more Computing and Informatics events, click here: http://cci.uncc.edu/calendar
Nanoscale Science Seminar Series
“Programmed Drug Delivery”
Speaker:
Dr. Zhen Gu, Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University
Date:
Thursday, April 16, 3:30 PM
Location:
Burson 115
Please contact Dr. Juan Vivero-Escoto (Chemistry Department) if you would like to meet with Dr. Gu.
“Therapeutic RNA Nanotechnology”
Speaker:
Dr. Peixuan Guo, William Farish Endowed Chair in Nanobiotechnology, Markey Cancer Center,
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky
Date:
Wednesday, April 22, 4:00 PM
Location:
Burson 115
Please contact Dr. Kirill Afonin (Chemistry Department) if you would like to meet with Dr. Guo.
“Application of Engineering in Cancer Research and Treatment”
Speaker:
Dr. Andrew Wang, UNC Chapel Hill
Date:
Thursday, April 23, 3:30 PM
Location:
Burson 115
Please contact Dr. Juan Vivero-Escoto (Chemistry Department) if you would like to meet with Dr. Wang.
North Carolina Research Campus
Science Cafe
Presented by the Charlotte Area Science Network (CASN)
Man-Eating Plants with Dr. Larry Mellichamp, Emeritus, UNC Charlotte
Carnivorous plants are strangely specialized members of the plant kingdom.
There are over 600 species occuring all around the world - the world-famous Venus flytrap, pitcher plants, sundews,
butterworts, and bladderworts all come from North Carolina.
They may look like flowers and attract unwary insects seeking nectar. Or they can resemble dead meat - all red and
rotten - to attract carrion feeders.
The victims are variously drowned, squeezed to death, chopped to pieces, or smothered in glop on odd-looking
leaves that resemble tubular pitfalls, fast-acting beartraps, slimy flypaper surfaces, or "roach-motels." Often the prey is
devoured by other organisms living in co-habitation with the carnivorous plant.
If this tale of gruesome monsters of the plant kingdom intrigues you, come see them in person.
Date:
Location:
Thursday, April 16, 2015 from 5:00 - 6:30 PM
UNC Charlotte Center City, 320 East 9th Street, Room 204
Parking is free and across the street from Center City.
UNC Charlotte faculty and staff should visit http://goo.gl/BJI4Kt
All others should visit http://goo.gl/mXtofp
Vitamins and a Healthy Diet
April 21, 7 pm, core lab event room
Part of the UNC NRI's Appetite for Life Seminars, Natalia Krupenko, PhD, will present the latest research and safety
tips on vitamin supplementation. Learn more at http://goo.gl/ANGcbA.
DataChambers Open House
April 28 from 4 to 7 pm join DataChambers as they celebrate the opening of their new regional data center on campus.
Please RSVP at http://goo.gl/ZA8pu5.
SciVisit
Hosted by Gaston College as part of the North Carolina Science Festival.
Date:
April 17, 2015, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Location:
Dallas Campus of Gaston College
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Medical (STEMM) faculty at Gaston College lead interactive
sessions for high school students at various locations across campus. This year’s session topics of the sessions
include chemistry, biotechnology, biodiversity, anatomy and physiology, computer security, psychology, math,
disease transmission, robotics and health among many others. We hope you will join us for a morning filled with fun
while learning about STEM disciplines!
To participate in this year’s event, please sign up at sciVisit Registration: http://goo.gl/6CwW3z
For more information please contact us at sciVisit@gaston.edu
You can see the agenda and other items of possible interest by clicking here.
Department of Geography & Earth Sciences
Speaker Series
Speaker:
Date:
Location:
Gregory Hancock, College of William and Mary
April 17, 2015 - 12:30pm - 1:30pm
McEniry, 116
Office of International Programs
International Film Series:
The campus community is invited to one or all of five films looking at health, the environment, and culture as part of a
film series sponsored by International Studies and a grant from the Chancellor’s Diversity Fund.
Yesterday
Date:
Location:
Contact:
April 21, 2015 - 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Student Union Theater
Office of International Programs at international@uncc.edu
About the film:
After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young
daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.
UNC Charlotte Study Abroad Photo Exhibit
The 6th annual Study Abroad Student Photo Exhibit will feature photography from UNC Charlotte students taken
while abroad and entered into one of five categories – Defining Moment, Landscape, Portrait, Self Portrait, and
Travelling 49ers. Exhibit will be shown in Student Union through May 10, 2015. Contact the Office of Education
Abroad for details regarding an opening reception.
Dates:
Location:
Monday, April 27 through Sunday, May 10
Student Union
Contact the Office of Education Abroad at edabroad@uncc.edu for questions.
UNC Charlotte presents
THE SCIENCE
& TECHNOLOGY
Sunday, April 26
12 - 4pm / UNC Charlotte Union Plaza
Join faculty, staff, and students as they present exhibits,
discussions, and films in the weeks leading up to the main event.
April 10 - 26th in various locations.
Learn more at NCSCIENCEFESTIVAL.UNCC.EDU
The William States Lee College of Engineering
Senior Design Spring Expo
Date:
April 30, 2015 - 11:00am - 2:30pm
Location:
Barnhardt Student Activity Center (SAC)
Open to the Public
College of Education
A Dream Again Deferred?
Please plan to join Betty Chafin Rash, Dorothy Counts Scoggins and Friends for a special
evening of commemoration and discussion moderated by Steve Crump of WBTV
Tuesday, May 5 2015
5:00 – 7:30 p.m.
UNC Charlotte Center City Campus
Frye Gaillard, author of “The Dream Long Deferred” and Amy Hawn Nelson, co-author of Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow; School Desegregation and Resegregation in Charlotte will share readings and remarks with special guests.
A Dream Again Deferred?
In 1971, community turmoil and legal wrangling culminated in the fulfillment of a long-deferred dream to pursue equity
in education through integrating public schools in Charlotte, NC. In the landmark case of Swann vs. CharlotteMecklenburg, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that students be bused to achieve racial balance and so began the
story of a Southern “city that made desegregation work.”
Change was not easy, but a new community spirit emerged from the turmoil of dissent as students, parents, educators,
citizens and leaders reached across deep divisions and historic mistrust to choose shared progress over separated
futures.
School desegregation, once a source of disturbing community strife, became a point of community pride in Charlotte as
the Queen City led the U.S. Southeast into a modern, New South era and the nation into a new chapter of American
history.
A 1999 court decision ended school desegregation in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, leading to increased isolation of public
school children by race, ethnicity and socio-economics, and our schools now approach pre-1971 levels of segregation.
As our city has grown and changed, so has the complexity of what it means to be desegregated.
What does that dream look like in Charlotte in 2015 and beyond? Join us to share our past, understand today and help
shape the dream for our future.
Event Sponsors:
DVA Charlotte
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
UNC Charlotte College of Education
Infrastructure, Design, Environment, and Sustainability (IDEAS) Center
BioEnergy Symposium
The UNC Charlotte IDEAS Center is pleased to announce the fourth annual BioEnergy Symposium on
May 14th, 2015. This year's symposium has a focus on Beneficial Byproducts of Bioenergy.
If you have questions or need assistance please contact:
Karyn Williamson-Coria at 704-687-1932 or by email at kwill235@uncc.edu
For more information about the BioEnergy Symposium click here (http://ideas.uncc.edu/2015_BioEnergy_Symposium).
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