9-12-19 UConn ECE Plant Science Workshop
Date and time
Location
Student Union Building Room 324
UConn Storrs Campus 2110 Hillside Rd Unit 3008, Storrs, CT 06269 Storrs, CT 06269Description
On Thursday, September 12th Early College Experience and the UConn SPSS Faculty invite all certified UConn ECE SPSS (Plant Science) instructors to attend the annual professional development conference with special guest
Pamela C. Ronald, Distinguished Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California-Davis
Dr. Ronald has been published in a number of national and international media outlets and is a blogger for Scientific American’s “Food Matters” blog. She is a co-founder of Biology Fortified Inc., an independent educational non-profit organization, and co-authored “Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetic and the Future of Food” with her husband, Raoul Adamchak.
Google Scholar profile : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DzHPx8IAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra
TED profile: https://www.ted.com/speakers/pamela_ronald
https://www.tedmed.com/speakers/show?id=526385
Faculty page: https://biology.ucdavis.edu/people/pamela-ronald
Lab website: https://cropgeneticsinnovation.ucdavis.edu/
Co-Author of Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
Agenda:
9:15AM – 9:45AM: Registration and Welcome--Student Union Building, Room 324
9:45AM-10:10AM Introductions and Overview
10:10AM – 11:30AM: Lecture: Can we change the public’s mind about biotechnology?--WB Young 01 (basement) (group will walk together to the Young Building)
11:30-12:00 Q&A
12:00PM – 12:45 PM: Lunch--SU 324
1:00PM–2:30PM: Serving up Science: Plant Genetics and the Future of Food, followed by refreshments (Open to the public). --Wilbur Cross North Reading Room
Please park in the North or South parking garage and bring your ticket from the garage for a validation stamp. If you park elsewhere you may be ticketed or towed. For a campus map please see: maps.uconn.edu. Please be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes and an umbrella in the event of rainy weather as there will be a fair bit of walking around campus.
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UConn Early College Experience (ECE) is a concurrent enrollment program that allows motivated high school students to take UConn courses at their high schools for both high school and college credit. Every course taken through UConn ECE is equivalent to the same course at the University of Connecticut. Students benefit by taking college courses in a setting that is both familiar and conducive to learning.
High school instructors who have been certified through the University of Connecticut teach UConn ECE courses.
Established in 1955, UConn Early College Experience is the nation's longest running concurrent enrollment program and is nationally accredited by The National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP).