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Media Memo: Sept. 28 Nanotechnology Events

TO: News/Assignment Editors

FROM: Judy Berthiaume

DATE: Sept. 25, 2006

SUBJECT: Sept. 28 Nanotechnology Events

'Thinking Small' brochure coverThe program titled "Thinking Small: Nanotechnology and the American Dream" will run from noon-7 p.m. Sept. 28 at several Chippewa Valley locations. The program includes a series of events that highlight work in nanotechnology at UW-Eau Claire, UW-Stout, UW-Madison and the Chippewa Valley Technical College, and the impact it's already making on the economy in western Wisconsin.

The schedule of events includes the following activities:

  • Brown Bag Discussion, noon-1:30 p.m., Silicon Graphics Inc. headquarters, Chippewa Falls. The event will feature Dr. Franco Cerrina, director of the Center of Nanotechnology at UW-Madison.
  • High School Outreach Program, 1-2:30 p.m., Memorial High School, Eau Claire. Presenters will include graduate students from UW-Madison's Nanotechnology Outreach program. High school science classes will be invited to the event.
  • Tour and Discussion, 3-4:30 p.m., Chippewa Valley Technical College NanoRite Center, Eau Claire. Dr. William Ihlenfeldt, CVTC president, will host the event.
  • "Thinking Small: Nanotechnology and the American Dream" public lecture and reception, 5:30-7 p.m., Phillips Science Hall, UW-Eau Claire. Featured speakers include Cerrina; Doug Dunham, UW-Eau Claire; Forrest Schultz, UW-Stout; and Hans Mikelson from CVTC. Area alumni from UW-Madison and UW-Eau Claire are among those invited to the public lecture and reception.

All events are open to the media.

For more information about the event, contact John Bachmeier, director of Alumni Relations at UW-Eau Claire. You can reach him at 715-836-3266 or bachmejg@uwec.edu.

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