Monday, March 17, 2008

Upcoming talks

The following talks may be of interest to the club. All are at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center on Allen Street. They all run from noon to 1pm.

April 9
Nano Tools: The Future of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Mary Frecker, Engineering

April 16
Doctor Darwin: How Evolutionary Medicine Improves Patient Care
Burt Humburg, Internal Medicine

April 23
Alzheimer's Revisited: Questioning the Medical Model
Jesse Ballenger, History of Science

More details can be found at http://www.rps.psu.edu/unplugged/

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Articles for Discussion

Here is the article that we will be discussing on March 19th:

Of Microbes and Men


The other articles are also available in case anyone was interested in reading them:

Cause of Flu Epidemics Uncovered

Stem Cell Breakthrough May Reduce Cancer Risk