Research Unplugged
Fall 2007 Season
Join us Wednesdays from noon until 1 p.m. in the lobby of the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center for stimulating conversation about issues that matter! (directions)
October 3
More than Skin Deep: The Culture and Biology of the Body's Largest Organ
Nina Jablonski
Professor and Head of the Department of Anthropology
October 10
Policing the Public Airwaves: Sex, Violence, and the FCC
Clay Calvert
John and Ann Curley Professor of First Amendment Studies and Co-Director of
the Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment
October 17
Emerging Diseases: A Cause for Panic or a Time for Science?
Peter Hudson
Willaman Professor of Biology and Director of the Huck Institutes of Life Sciences
October 24
Doctors of Interrogation: Psychology, Medicine, and Ethics in the War on Terror
Jonathan Marks
Associate Professor of Bioethics, Humanities, and Law
October 31
Theatrical Explosions: Solving Technical Challenges of Live Theatre
Dan Carter
Director of the School of Theatre
November 7
The Mystery of Matter: A Cosmological Explanation of the Origin of Mass
Stephon Alexander
Assistant Professor of Physics, Astronomy, and Astrophysics