U of M Libraries Will Repeat Popular “Research Revolution” Series
For release: June 23, 2003
For press information, contact Gabrielle Maxey

The film and discussion series The Research Revolution: Science and the Shaping of Modern Life will be repeated this summer. Coordinated by the University of Memphis Libraries, the series explores the practical and ethical impacts of science and technology on human life in our time.

The series is free, and the public is encouraged to attend. All showings will be in Room 226 of the Ned R. McWherter Library on the U of M campus. Convenient parking is available at U of M parking garages on Deloach or Zach Curlin streets or in the parking lot on Central Avenue.

The series features films followed by discussion. The principal scholar for the Memphis series is Dr. Donald Franceschetti, professor of physics at the U of M. The series topics and their dates of presentation are:

Our Genes, Our Choices, Saturday, June 28, 2-4 p.m.; an intense and provocative – and often humorous – discussion that reveals the far-reaching implications of genetic testing.

The Gene Squad, Saturday, July 5, 2-4 p.m.; explores the impact of forensic science on trial outcomes and legal ethics in general.

Natural Connections, Saturday, July 12, 2-4 p.m.; a film that features stunning photography of plants and animals, and suggests that humans are the largest threat to the fabric of creatures and habitats.

Into the Body, Saturday, July 19, 2-4 p.m.; an exploration of robotics, gene therapy, artificial intelligence, genetically modified foods, implants and other ways that humans are now actually able to change themselves as a species.

I Am Become Death: They Made the Bomb, Saturday, July 26, 2-4 p.m.; the film chronicle of the Manhattan Project and its scientists; it sets the stage for discussion of the uses of atomic energy in our time.

What's Up with the Weather?, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2-5 p.m.; a film dealing with the phenomenon of global warming and what the consequences may be for human life on earth.

The Research Revolution series is presented under the auspices of a grant from the American Library Association, National Video Resources Inc. and the National Science Foundation.

For more information, contact Tom Mendina, project coordinator, by phone at 901-678-4310 or via email at tmendina@memphis.edu


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