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Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Future Exhibition

Gregg Museum of Art & Design 1903 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC, United States

Opening Reception for Art's Work/Genetic Futures, a multi-site art-science exhibit and symposium led by the NC State University libraries and the GES Center, held at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, with additional exhibits in the physical and digital display spaces of the libraries.

Free

Career Panel in Risk Science | GES Colloquium

Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United States

Are you interested in pursuing a career in risk science? If so, please join us to hear from 5 panelists who represent a range of careers in various aspects of risk, including: assessment, communication, governance, and management.

Steve Evans – Reflections on 30 Years Traversing the Ag Biotech Landscape | GES Colloquium

Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United States

Recent technology advances have re-ignited interests in broadly deploying engineered organisms in open environmental releases. Have learnings from the past been incorporated into current development and discourse, or are we setting up simply to re-plow the same ground?

Darrell Stover – Science Poetry: Case of the Two Rita’s | GES Colloquium

Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United States

What is science poetry and how is it that we can have two women named Rita successful in two seemingly separate fields, literature and microbiology, providing inspiration for science communication? The poem, "The Two Rita's," examines the time parallels of the contributions of Rita Dove and Rita Colwell.

Short Lectures on the Art’s Work/Genetic Futures Exhibition

Gregg Museum of Art & Design 1903 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC, United States

In conjunction with "Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology," lectures will be presented by select NC State faculty and staff: Jennifer Baltzegar, Todd Kuiken, and Fred Gould of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center; Darrell Stover from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; and Molly Renda from NC State University Libraries.

Free

CANCELLED | GES Colloquium

NC, United States

With the new public health policies put in place this week and the extension of Spring Break due to the coronavirus COVID-19, colloquium is cancelled on March 17. Moving forward, we will continue with colloquium as an online course, either via Mediasite or Zoom. We will send out more information as it become available.

Jean Beagle Ristaino – Tackling the Global Challenges of Emerging Plant Diseases | GES Colloquium

Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United States

Emerging plant diseases threaten many foods crops including those we eat for breakfast such as coffee, oranges, banana and potatoes. Plant pathogens cause global losses estimated to be as high as $33 billion per year. Jean Ristaino will discuss the latest research on P. infestans, the pathogen that caused the Irish famine and other plant diseases and their impact on global food security