Thursday, October 5 @ 10:30 a.m. - Invitation to attend the "Science Laureates Town Hall Meeting". Commons, Lawson Computer Science Building - Moira Gunn, Moderator. Laureates and faculty discuss the future of publication of scientific research, speculate about the future dissemination of science knowledge in the Internet age, and grapple with issues such as: * How does the Internet change science? * What are the most important issues in science to be communicated in the next 5 years? * What are the most misunderstood issues in science today? * What is the role of science journalism in the research and discovery cycle? * What is the role of science journalism in the entrepreneurship cycle? Confirmed faculty participants in the Town Hall will be Dean of Libraries James Mullins and Prof. William Muir of the College of Agriculture. Other possible participants are Profs. Herb Moskowitz, Patricia Davies, Joe Francisco, and Howard Sypher. The Town Hall will be audio and videotaped for podcasting. Overflow space will be provided. Mary Jo Bartolacci Director of Advancement The College of Science at Purdue mbartolacci@purdue.edu 765-496-3525 -- office 765-427-1921 -- mobile Math-Sciences Building, Room 940 150 North University West Lafayette IN 47907 Sheryl L. Willison, Secretary Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 (765)494-3509 Fax: (765) 496-8383 http://www.nano.purdue.edu/ <http://www.nano.purdue.edu/>