Extra Credit Options
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2 points per activity; maximum of 4 extra credit points -
Must sign in at event
You will also need to write on a card two things you learned at
each of the attended activities (turn that in to Dr. C in class)
Wednesday, April 22 - Earth Day
- 7 am Dumpster Dive (sorting through GCC's garbage [gloves and
mask provided] to see how much recyclable trash is being thrown away
rather than recycled)
- 12 noon SU 1-4 - Speaker from the Sierra Club followed by student
sustainability project presentations
- 2:30 pm MA-142 Video - The Age
of Warming
Wednesday, April 22
- 1-2:15 pm MA-142 Talk by genetic counselor
Friday, April 24 - DNA Day - SU
104 - Activities from 12 - 3 pm (must stay for at least an hour)
12:00-12:05 Welcome by President Green
12:05-12:25 Angela Gonzales, Phoenix Business Journal
Arizona's Growing Biotech Industry
12:25-12:45 Jill Buschbacher and Nichelle Bonow Zazueta,
Project Manager, City of Phoenix Community & Economic Development
Department
Title: TBA
12:45-1:05 Leslie Baier Ph.D., National Institutes of Health
Identifying Genes for Type 2 Diabetes
and Obesity
1:05-1:40 Break for Lunch and Biotech activities
1:40-2:00 Paige Davis, Educational Outreach Specialist, TGen
TGen's Role in Arizona's Biosciences
2:00-2:20 Paul Coleman Ph.D. Sun Health Research Institute
DNA is not Predestination
2:20-2:40 Kim Kobojek, Forensic Scientist, Phoenix Police Department
DNA Use in Forensic Science-How Far
It's Come and Where It's Going.
2:40-3:00 Janet Spear, General Manager Abraxis Bioscience
Bringing the first nanoparticle
chemotherapy for cancer
Wednesday, April 29
- 2:30 pm MA-142 Video - Extreme
Ice