Steven J. Schiff, professor of neurosurgery, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine, will give the first talk of the 2011 Research Unplugged season at noon on Wednesday, March 16, at the Penn State Downtown Theatre in State College. His talk is titled “Untangling an African Medical Mystery: Engineering Solutions to Infant Brain Infections."
Schiff also is the Brush chair professor of engineering at Penn State and director of the Penn State Center for Neural Engineering.
This event is free and open to the public; light refreshments will be provided. The event is held in the lobby of the Penn State Downtown Theatre, 146 S. Allen St., State College.
Research Unplugged is not just another lecture series. It's an idea based on Cafe Scientifique, a university-town phenomenon that began in the U.K. The concept is to create an informal forum, open to all, for exploring ideas -- to foster public dialogue and energize conversations about issues that matter.