Research Unplugged
Fall 2005 Schedule
October 5
X-ray vision: An inside look at the birth of planets
Eric Feigelson, e5f@psu.edu
Professor of astronomy and astrophysics
October 12
Looking at race: How media stereotypes influence viewers' perceptions
Mary Beth Oliver, mbo1@psu.edu
Professor of communications
SPECIAL EVENT
Sunday, October 16 at 2 p.m.
Join us for this special Research Unplugged conversation, co-sponsored by NOVA scienceNOW and WPSX
Spin cycle: How the media portrays climate change
Paul Knight & Fred Gadomski, hosts of Weather World
Senior lecturers of meterology
October 19
Some like it hot: Extreme lifestyles in the deep sea
Chuck Fisher, crf2@psu.edu
Professor of biology
October 26
Bravissimo! Turning kids into opera buffs
Susan Boardman, sdb5@psu.edu
Associate professor of music
November 2
Surviving the war and living again: A Liberian poet's story
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, pjw14@psu.edu
Professor of English
November 9
Space investigators: Is there life on other planets?
James Kasting, jfk4@psu.edu
Distinguished professor of geosciences