Scientific advances across a broad spectrum of disciplines will be featured at the 11th Annual Exhibition and Reception sponsored by the Coalition for National Science Funding. The Exhibition will highlight leading research and education projects supported by the National Science Foundation at more than 30 exhibits.
Members of Congress, their staff, officials of the National Science Foundation, The White House and the media are invited to attend the exhibition and reception. Last year's event drew more than 350 attendees.
WHAT: 11th Annual Exhibition and Reception sponsored by the Coalition for National Science Funding
WHEN: Tuesday, June 21, 2005, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM
WHERE: Room B338-340 of the Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
RSVP: Press registrations to attend can be made by contacting Anita Benjamin at (202) 588-1100 or at alb@ams.org.
The following is a sampling of some of the research projects to be featured at the Exhibition listing the exhibit title and affiliation:
· "Soft Dinosaur Tissue Yields Amazing Results" - North Carolina State University
· "Assets and Black-White Inequality" - Sociologist Dalton Conley (Alan T. Waterman Awardee) - New York University
· "Fusion Energy: The Science of Laser-Matter Interactions" - The Ohio State University
· "From Genomics to Ionomics: Discovery of Plant Genes May Enhance Human Mineral Nutrition" - Dartmouth College
· "Kids as Working Scientists" - University of Michigan
· "Climate Change from Field to Classroom" - Florida Institute of Technology
· "Catching Spies and Tackling Autism: Psychological Science and fMRI" - Georgetown University Medical Center
· "Pioneering Research in Chemical & Biological Sensors" - Nanoscale Science & Engineering Center
