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UNC Science Expo

Science is everywhere! On Saturday, Sept. 25, 11 a.m.–4 p.m., Morehead will showcase some of the exciting science happenings at UNC and across the state. In conjunction with the NC Science Festival, the UNC-Chapel Hill campus will be full of science activities, demonstrations, performances and more!

A small sampling of the day’s activities includes:

• A talk with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Oliver Smithies, facilitated by UNC President Emeritus William Friday
• Demonstrations including catapults and trebuchets, virtual reality, wave simulation machine and Segways
• Stage shows including Baba Brinkman performing "The Rap Guide to Evolution"
• Science talks including science of sports, science and music, North Carolina’s changing coastline, advances in cancer treatment and neuroscience
• Tours of Ryan Newman's NASCAR race car, a Town of Chapel Hill fire truck and a UNC Healthcare ambulance
• Tours of University departments, including Physics and Astronomy, Mathematics, Archaeology and Anthropology, Biology, NC Botanical Gardens and more
• The North Carolina Science Challenge – a series of hands-on activities that put 3–10 grade students' problem solving and creativity to the test
• Fulldome digital video planetarium shows at Morehead

Download the full Expo schedule. For more information, contact Sue Klapper, UNC Science Expo coordinator, at sklapper@email.unc.edu