LiveAir to Webcast first Community Science Night
LiveAir Networks to produce webcast for Project CENTIPEDe community science event.
LiveAir Networks will be producing the live webcast of Project CENTIPEDe's Community Science Night Live. The stream will be visible at both the LiveAir Downtown Media Portal as well as on the LiveAir-designed CENTIPEDe destination, www.projectcentipede.org.
CENTIPEDe presents:
Community Science Night (CSN Live)
Thursday May 22, Smithville Recreation Center
April 29, 2008 – Smithville, TX – Have you ever seen a 50-foot glow stick? Do you know how your diet can affect your chances of getting cancer? Why do scientists study ancient DNA? What have SISD students been doing in science class? For the answers to these questions, and many more, come to the first Community Science Night Live (CSN Live), hosted by the CENTIPEDe project, at the Smithville Recreation Center on Thursday, May 22, 2008 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. CENTIPEDe (Community Education Networks To Integrate Prevention of Environmental Disease) is a collaborative project between the residents, teachers and students of Smithville, TX and The Community Outreach and Education Program (COEP) of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Science Park – Research Division, Virginia Harris Cockrell Cancer Research Center.
The first CSN Live will feature “Dr. Sean the Science Guy”, who will demonstrate the “glow” of chemistry in our lives by constructing a 50-foot glow stick. Other guest speakers will include University of Texas at Austin’s Dr. Steve Hursting, who will talk about the correlation between nutrition and disease, and Science Park – Research Division’s Dr. David Mitchell, who will describe what he has discovered about ancient DNA and the hole in the ozone layer in the Antarctic. The evening will conclude with Smithville ISD students presenting science fair and classroom projects. To reach as many community members as possible, as well as residents of other rural communities, CSN Live will also be available through live Internet webcast on the new CENTIPEDe web portal, www.projectcentipede.org. CSN Live events will occur twice per year for the duration of the CENTIPEDe Project.
The “multipodal” CENTIPEDe Project tailors health and science educational programs to the specific needs of Smithville schools and residents. CENTIPEDe provides increased access to science learning for Smithville ISD students through on-site field experiences, hands-on classroom activities, research internships and mentoring opportunities. CENTIPEDe also includes a variety of community programs designed to enhance scientific literacy and acquaint parents and other Smithville residents with new research discoveries and important health information. The ultimate goal of all of these activities is to promote healthy lifestyle choices, to increase community scientific literacy, and to stimulate interest in research careers and discoveries.
Science Park - Research Division is one of two research facilities of MDACC located in Central Texas. It is home to an internationally recognized team of nearly 300 researchers who focus on carcinogenesis, or the causes of cancer. The Science Park – Research Division is also the home of the Center for Research on Environmental Disease, which was recently awarded an $8.3 million renewal grant from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences to continue ongoing research into the environmental causes of disease. The Smithville campus celebrated its 30th anniversary in May 2007.
A prestigious five-year, $750,000 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) grant funds the CENTIPEDe Project. The project is under the direction of Dr. Robin Fuchs-Young, COEP director and associate professor of carcinogenesis at the Science Park - Research Division. Since 1988, the HHMI has awarded approximately $1.5 billion in education grants through their Precollege Education Program, which is the largest privately funded education initiative of its kind in the United States.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008, James W. Breeden