NASW 2007 Science in Society

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NASW Science in Society

October 19-20, 2007
The Davenport Hotel
Spokane, WA

Program

TRACK 1. Making Connections:

TRACK 2. Dealing with the Digital World:

TRACK 3. The Business of Our Business:

TRACK 4. Food for Thought:

The Science Cabaret Returns!

Grizzly Bear Lab Field Trip

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The Science Cabaret Returns!

This year we've put together a terrific group of performers for you. Come for the music, stay for the dessert!

We'll assemble to the strains of solo jazz piano from our own PAUL RAEBURN — NASW ex-president, organizer of the CASW New Horizons meeting, and science writer extraordinaire. A little-known fact is that Paul, whose books include "Acquainted With the Night," started life as a jazz pianist. Yes, he got his degree in physics at MIT, and he has had impressive science writing gigs at Business Week and the Associated Press, but he also studied musical composition at Boston's Berkelee School of Music.

Our first act is singer HEATHER MULLIN, a Spokane native now living in Seattle, Heather will offer (along with piano accompaniment by Paul Raeburn) American standards with a scientific theme ("Fly Me to the Moon," "Stormy Weather," "How Deep is the Ocean"). She received vocal training at the University of Washington, as well as in New York and Tokyo, in not only jazz singing, but also choral singing and opera.

Heather is also a talented actress, and for our second act she will join her husband, Seattle playwright PAUL MULLIN, in a staged reading of Paul's play, "The Sequence," about the race to sequence the human genome. Paul will play geneticist Francis Collins, Heather will play a fictional science writer named Kellie, and the part of Craig Venter will be played by a surprise guest. "The Sequence" won first prize in the 2005 Writer's Digest stage play competition, and received funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Paul studied theater at the University of Maryland, and he is the author of more than a dozen other plays and several television screenplays.

Finally, we'll be treated to songs by LYNDA WILLIAMS, who by day teaches physics at Santa Rosa Junior College in California and by night becomes "The Physics Chanteuse." She has done her cabaret act in dozens of venues, such as the Swedish Arts & Science Festival, the Cornelia Street Cafe in New York, and the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena meeting in Palermo, Italy. Lynda will perform original songs, comedy, and repartee on science and technology. Her lyrics are witty, political and provocative, and her singing style ranges from pop to jazz to hard rock to rap.

Grizzly Bear Lab Field Trip

Here is a Friday opportunity for NASW "early nerds" — grizzlies in the service of science and and a luncheon of local foods. Washington State University is host to the only research facility in the world with adult grizzly bears. Participants will board a bus in Spokane on Friday morning for an hour-and-half ride south to WSU in Pullman. The day starts with a tour of the bear lab with director Charlie Robbins and his colleagues who study the bears' diet, hibernation, and behavior. A local foods lunch, with Prof. John Reganold speaking about organic farming, follows. The afternoon winds up with a local wine and cheese hour follows and will provide access to other WSU scientists. A $20 fee will be charged to cover expenses. Space is limited, so register early.

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