Unmanned aircraft, tidewater glaciers, polar orbiting satellites and biotechnology will be featured in a Science Social to be held at Centennial Hall in Juneau, Alaska April 18 & 19, 2012. The free community presentation will provide hands-on demonstrations, informative stations, a scientific poster session and more from 4:30 to 6 p.m. each evening.

A collaboration among the Geophysical Institute’s Science for Alaska Lecture Series, Alaska BioPREP and the Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center, the Science Social will offer a smorgasbord of information. The aim is to showcase the variety of research and expertise at work in the University of Alaska system. The Science Social is an extension of the ACRC’s Coastal Temperate Rainforests Symposium that will run April 17-19 in Juneau, drawing scientists from the across the nation and Canada.

The Science Social is an opportunity to connect the community with active researchers and their science and provides college-bound youth the prospect to discover what they can become a part of at the University of Alaska.

This event is free and families are welcome. Centennial Hall is located at 101 Egan Drive in downtown Juneau.

CONTACT: Amy Hartley, Geophysical Institute information officer, 907-474-5823, amy [dot] hartley [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu