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Research Unplugged offers video excerpts, next speaker March 22

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State Professor of Education Alison Carr-Chellman kicked off this semester's Research Unplugged speaker series with a talk titled "B is for Boys: How American Classroom Culture is Failing Male Students."

A video excerpt of her presentation is available at /video/150699/2013/02/08/video-no-title online.

This Thursday (March 22) Keith Cheng will present "More Than Skin Deep: Solving the Genetic Mysteries of Human Skin Color." Cheng is professor of pathology, biochemistry and molecular biology, and pharmacology at Penn State College of Medicine.

Research Unplugged presentations are held from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. on Thursdays, in the Schlow Centre Region Library's Downsbrough Community Room, in downtown State College. They are free and open to all, with complimentary light refreshments, courtesy of the program's sponsors, Penn State University Relations and the Office of the Vice President for Research, in cooperation with Schlow Centre Region Library.
 

This is a video excerpt from the discussion led by Professor of Education Alison Carr-Chellman www.ed.psu.edu on March 15 titled "B is for Boys: How American Classroom Culture is Failing Male Students." A former third-grade teacher, Carr-Chellman is now an instructional designer and award-winning author who studies how to re-engage boys in learning. Research Unplugged -- www.rps.psu.edu -- is the popular Penn State conversation series that brings University researchers into the community for lively public discussions. Schlow Centre Region Library, www.schlowlibrary.org downtown State College's dynamic public library, joins Penn State's Office of the Vice President for Research and Office of University Relations as a partner in this successful local series. 

Last Updated July 28, 2017

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