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August 2019
Corn Maze: From Teosinte to Tomorrow
Part of the upcoming multi-site exhibition Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures, the corn maze From Teosinte to Tomorrow at the NC Museum of Art park will be open through the end of October. Free and open to the public.
Find out more »September 2019
Graham Christensen – RegeNErate Nebraska: Building Nebraska’s Communities From The Soil Up | GES Colloquium
The presentation will highlight the issues arising from extreme vertical integration in the food production system, how extreme vertical integration is impacting our communities, and how we are redirecting our approaches in agriculture to protect the environment, as well as the farmers and the farm workers that are producing our food. The solution lies in the soil!
Find out more »NextGenFood: Innovation You Can Eat – GES Panel: Gene Editing in the Food System
The latest installment in the virtual conference series pioneered by ISGP's "The Forum," #NextGenFood: Innovation You Can Eat is a half-day educational program on food technology and innovation.
Find out more »Bespoke Conversation on Corn and Culture
Part of the Art's Work/Genetic Futures multi-site exhibit, join NC State ethnobotanist Jillian De Gezelle at the corn maze in the Museum Park for a conversation about identity and community and the food on our tables.
Find out more »October 2019
Federico Ciliberto – Valuing product innovation: genetically engineered varieties in US corn and soybeans | GES Colloquium
Dr. Federico Ciliberto, an economist from of the University of Virginia, will discuss the welfare impacts of genetically engineered (GE) crop varieties of corn and soybeans.
Find out more »Jonas Monast – Natural Resources Law as a Model for Biotechnology Governance | GES Colloquium
Jonas Monast joins us from the UNC School of Law to discuss the emerging conflicts between biotechnology governance and natural resources management, and explore how existing natural resources laws can inform biotechnology governance challenges.
Find out more »Topic Forthcoming | GES Colloquium
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Find out more »Spit Collection for The America Project by Paul Vanouse (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures)
The America Project, by Paul Vanouse, is a live, interactive biological art installation whereby the DNA from visitors' donated spit will be extracted, combined and processed to create electrophoresis gel art.
Find out more »Lucky Mice Throwing Dice by Joe Davis (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures)
Artist Joe Davis will be conducting the Lucky Mice experiment in the D.H. Hill exhibit gallery, with a breakout brown-bag lunch to talk to students.
Find out more »Opening Reception – Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Future
Art's Work/Genetic Futures is a multi-site art-science exhibit and symposium led by the NC State University libraries and the GES Center, held at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design and the physical and digital display spaces of the libraries.
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