Sept. 27, Science Café – Arkansas: Going to the Birds
| LITTLE ROCK – The Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Arkansas: Going to the Birds on Sept. 27. Panelists will discuss wild and domesticated bird conservation, as well as the positive and negative impacts of urbanization.
Held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Vieux Carré Restaurant/Afterthought Bar
in Little Rock’s Hillcrest area, the Science Café is a relaxed opportunity for monthly exchanges with various experts. Admission is free and no reservations are needed. A variety of food and beverages are available for purchase.
This month, panelists from Audubon Arkansas, Wild Birds Unlimited, and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will lead the discussion. The moderator, Dorothy Graves, Ph.D., is a research assistant professor at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
Graves also will host the corresponding live call-in program, “Science Cafe Little Rock,” on National Public Radio-affiliate radio station KUAR FM89. The science talk show, featuring one speaker from the monthly panel of scientists and experts, is aired just prior (6:05-6:30 p.m.) to the live Science Café event. September’s radio guest will be Dan Scheiman, Ph.D., director of Bird Conservation at Audubon Arkansas.
Science Café forums are held the fourth Tuesday of the month except for July, August and December. Future topics include: Pain: Fact & Fiction and Nature Centers: What’s Up in the Natural State. Check out the website for information on monthly speakers and topics at www.sciencecafelr.com.
For more information on future Science Café events or to suggest topics/speakers, contact Science Café director Linda Williams, dean’s research liaison, UAMS College of Medicine at 501-686-7418. To join the list serve and receive news on monthly speakers/events, send an email with “subscribe” in the subject field to sciencecafelr@gmail.com.
Science Café was created in partnership with UAMS, Arkansas Biosciences Institute, University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Science and Mathematics, Southwestern Energy, Arkansas INBRE, Central Arkansas Section – American Chemical Society, UAMS-Graduate School, KUAR-FM89, Vieux Carré/The Afterthought, and the Arkansas Academy of Sciences.
UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Related Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a statewide network of regional centers; and seven institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, the Psychiatric Research Institute, the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging and the Translational Research Institute. Named best Little Rock metropolitan area hospital by U.S. News & World Report, it is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 2,836 students and 761 medical residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 10,000 employees, including nearly 1,150 physicians who provide medical care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the VA Medical Center and UAMS’ Area Health Education Centers throughout the state. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com.