CASW New Horizons schedule

NASW workshop
CASW New Horizons in Science
Hosted event, trip or tour

W Part of NASW workshops ($)
F New Horizons or hosted (free)
$ Separate fee required ($)
27Sunday7:30-9:15 amContinental breakfast
Location: Alumni Fireside Lounge, Nittany Lion Inn
F
8:45-10:00 amA call for radically new tactics on the evolutionary battlefield of medicine
Location: Alumni Ballroom ABC, Nittany Lion Inn
F
10:00-11:00 amAn upside-down "lab rat" for studying coral reef ecology
Location: Boardroom, Nittany Lion Inn
F
10:00-11:00 amCuring disease with cellular circuits
Location: Alumni Ballroom ABC, Nittany Lion Inn
F
11:00-11:20 amBreak
Location: Alumni Lobby, Nittany Lion Inn
F
11:20 am-12:30 pmNew data and new ideas about the Big Bang and black holes
Location: Boardroom, Nittany Lion Inn
F
11:20 am-12:30 pmScience + Science Writing: Going there: Tackling genetics and racism
Location: Alumni Ballroom ABC, Nittany Lion Inn
F
2:00-3:10 pmPatrusky Lecture: Spirit and Opportunity: The Mars Exploration Rover Project
Location: Alumni Ballroom ABC, Nittany Lion Inn
F
3:10-3:30 pmBreak
Location: Alumni Lobby, Nittany Lion Inn
F
3:30-4:30 pmIs Antarctica's ice collapsing? An update on the science behind rising seas
Location: Alumni Ballroom ABC, Nittany Lion Inn
F
3:30-4:30 pmSmart textiles: Transforming our relationship with the space around us
Location: Boardroom, Nittany Lion Inn
F
4:30-5:30 pmA report from the front lines of multimessenger astronomy
Location: Boardroom, Nittany Lion Inn
F
4:30-5:30 pmThe end of statistical significance
Location: Alumni Ballroom ABC, Nittany Lion Inn
F
28Monday7:30-9:00 amContinental breakfast
Location: Alumni Fireside Lounge, Nittany Lion Inn
F
8:30-9:30 amScience + Science Writing: The #CRISPRtwins story
Location: Boardroom, Nittany Lion Inn
F
9:30-10:30 amA troubled planet warms to solar geoengineering
Location: Boardroom, Nittany Lion Inn
F
9:30-10:30 amSETI: Bringing a neglected field of astronomy in from the cold
Location: Assembly, Nittany Lion Inn
F
10:30-10:50 amBreak
Location: Alumni Lobby, Nittany Lion Inn
F
10:50-11:50 amA new fungus stalks the amphibian world
Location: Boardroom, Nittany Lion Inn
F
10:50-11:50 amWhat changes in primate brains can tell us about ours
Location: Assembly, Nittany Lion Inn
F
12:50-1:50 pmScience + Science Writing: When ideology or special interests hijack science topics
Location: Boardroom, Nittany Lion Inn
F
12:50-1:50 pmUsing physics to root out error and bias
Location: Assembly, Nittany Lion Inn
F
1:50-2:50 pmClearing the air on global climate and greenhouse gases
Location: Boardroom, Nittany Lion Inn
F
2:50-3:10 pmBreak
Location: Alumni Lobby, Nittany Lion Inn
F
3:10-4:10 pmFood security and climate: Attacking problems at the roots
Location: Boardroom, Nittany Lion Inn
F
4:10-5:00 pmWhy do we fall for fake news, and what can be done about it?
Location: Boardroom, Nittany Lion Inn
F