CUNY: ARC OF CELEBRATION


Friday 7 April, All Day Science Arc of Celebration Program

8:45-10:30      SCIENCE AND THE MEDIA

                Warren Leary, Science Reporter, The New York Times
                "Reporting for the Science Times and the National Press"


                Madeleine Jacobs, Editor in Chief, Chemical and Engineering
News
                "Communications for the Professional Scientists"

                                 
                Alan Friedman, Director, The New York Hall of Science
                "Museums and the Public Understanding of Science"

10:30-12:00     POSTER PRESENTATION BY CUNY FACULTY AND STUDENTS

12:00-2:00      LUNCHEON AND SPEAKER

                Leon Lederman, Nobel Laureate in Physics and
                Former Director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
                "New Strategies in Science Education and Outreach"

2:00-5:00       FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE

                Ahmed H. Zewail, Prof. of Chemistry and Physics, Cal Tech
                "Freezing Time in Chemistry and Medicine"

                Lene Vestergaard Hau, Rowland Institute and Harvard
                "How Light Can Get a Traffic Ticket for Going Too Slow"

                Stephen Jay Gould, Prof. of Zoology and Geology, Harvard
                To be determined

5:00-700        RECEPTION WITH ENTERTAINMENT

                Lynda Williams, The Physics Chanteuse
                "Songs and Entertainment on Science Topics"

                Bob Friedhoffer, The Science Magician
                "The Magic of Science and the Science of Magic"

7:00-8:00       STAGED READING OF A ONE ACT SCIENCE PLAY

        Break-a-Leg Productions
                Ianesco's "The Lesson" (tentative)


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