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SUMMARY:How Do I Become an Engineer?
DESCRIPTION:Register for Free E-tickets\n  \nDesigned for high school students\, this event will include a one-hour panel discussion and Q&A at the Linda Hall Library with young engineers. Following the panel discussion\, students and guests will tour the UMKC School of Computing and Engineering to learn about academic programs and see engineering demonstrations. \nSchedule \n9:00 a.m………………………………Doors open\n9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m………….. Panel discussion/Q&A at the Linda Hall Library\n10:45 a.m. – Noon…………………UMKC School of Computing and Engineering tour and demonstrations \nPanel Moderator: \nRodrigo Carvajal\nOperations Specialist\, Kiewit Engineering\nBS\, Mechanical Engineering\, Kansas State University \nRodrigo is an Operations Specialist for Learning and Performance at Kiewit Engineering located in Lenexa\, Kansas. He provides technical professional development to the engineering staff\, focusing on development of entry level engineers. Additional duties include support of project design reviews\, plant testing\, and warranty work. \nPanel Members: \n\nShawn Herrington\nPhD student in engineering and Graduate Research Assistant\, Parachute and Aerial Systems Lab\nUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City\n\n\nAdam Johnson\nMechanical Engineer\, Honeywell \nBS\, Mechanical Engineering\, University of Missouri-Kansas City\n\n\nChelsea Pfaffy\nCivil Engineer-in-Training\, Wilson & Company\, Inc. \nBS\, Civil Engineering\, University of Missouri-Kansas City\n\n\nDarius J. Williams\nBS/MS Electrical and Computer Engineering\nUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City\n\n  \nAdmission tickets \nThe event is free and open to any student interested in a career in the engineering field. Parents\, teachers\, and mentors are also welcome to attend! Please register in advance for free e-tickets. \nParking \nParking is free in Library parking lots and along the west side of Holmes Street between 51st and 52nd streets. The main entrance to the Library grounds is on Cherry Street. The Linda Hall Library is not affiliated with UMKC. Parking in all UMKC lots is by permit or meter. \n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/engineering/
LOCATION:Linda Hall Library\, 5109 Cherry\, Kansas City\, MO\, 64110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Second Saturday Lecture
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SUMMARY:How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
DESCRIPTION:A Rainy Day Books Author Event co-sponsored by the Linda Hall Library. \nThe event will be held at Unity Temple on The Plaza\, 707 W. 47th Street\, Kansas City\, Missouri. \nThe book \nFor any task you might want to do\, there’s a right way\, a wrong way\, and a way so monumentally complex\, excessive\, and inadvisable that no one would ever try it. How To is a guide to the third kind of approach. It’s full of highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole. Randall Munroe\, aestselling author & cartoonist\, explains how to predict the weather by analyzing the pixels of your Facebook photos. He teaches you how to tell if you’re a baby boomer or a 90s kid by measuring the radioactivity of your teeth. He offers tips for taking a selfie with a telescope\, crossing a river by boiling it\, and powering your house by destroying the fabric of space-time. And if you want to get rid of the book once you’re done with it\, he walks you through your options for proper disposal\, including dissolving it in the ocean\, converting it to a vapor\, using tectonic plates to subduct it into the Earth’s mantle\, or launching it into the Sun. \nBy exploring the most complicated ways to do simple tasks\, Munroe doesn’t just make things difficult for himself and his readers. As he did so brilliantly in What If?\, Munroe invites us to explore the most absurd reaches of the possible. Full of clever infographics and amusing illustrations\, How To is a delightfully mind-bending way to better understand the science and technology underlying the things we do every day. \nThe author \nRandall Munroe is the author of the New York Times bestsellers What If? and Thing Explainer\, the science question-and-answer blog What If\, and the popular web comic xkcd.  A former NASA roboticist\, he left the agency in 2006 to draw comics on the internet full-time. He lives in Massachusetts. \nVenue \nThis event will be held at Unity Temple on the Plaza\, 707 W. 47th St.\, Kansas City\, Missouri 64112. \nAdmission \nAdmission package for one or two people is $28.00\, plus Kansas sales tax. It includes one hardcover copy of How To\, one stamped author autographing admission ticket\, and one guest admission ticket (if needed). Please register at the Rainy Day Books website. Admission packages can also be purchased in-store at Rainy Day Books or by calling 913.384.3126. \nBook Signing \nA booksigning will follow the presentation. \n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/how-to-absurd-scientific-advice-for-common-real-world-problems/
LOCATION:Unity Temple on the Plaza\, 707 W 47th St.\, Kansas City\, MO\, 64112\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Science Matters Brown Bag Forum: Renew the Blue
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the Linda Hall Library and Kansas City Public Library.  \nThe program will be held in the Helzberg Auditorium of the\nKansas City Public Library – Central Library\, 14th W. 10th Street. \nRegister for Free E-tickets\n  \nAbout the Science Matters Brown Bag Forums \nScience Matters Brown Bag Forums are monthly lunch-and-learn programs co-sponsored by the Linda Hall Library and the Kansas City Public Library. The events will be held in the Helzberg Auditorium in the Central Library. The forums will focus on science-related topics that impact Kansas Citians. Bring your lunch and join the conversation! \nThe September 18 program \nThe Blue River flows 40 miles from its headwaters in relatively undeveloped Southern Johnson County\, Kansas\, through the urban core of Kansas City\, Missouri\, before it outlets into the Missouri River. Along the way\, the Blue River and its tributaries pass through 20 cities and hundreds of neighborhoods. The river has areas of immense natural beauty and is highly valuable for the habitat\, ecosystem services\, and recreational opportunities that it provides\, but the river is largely unknown to the people who live within its watershed. However\, several organizations and hundreds of people have come together to bring awareness to the Blue River and are working to restore and protect the river. This program will focus on some of the many projects that are underway to benefit Kansas City’s river and its people. \nThe speakers \nAdison Banks\, Land Trust Coordinator at the Heartland Conservation Alliance\, was born and raised in the Kansas City metro. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Kansas and a Juris Doctor from Washburn University School of Law. Adison is licensed to practice law in Missouri and Texas\, and he has worked at the county and federal levels of government\, in addition to working in private practice. \n​Adison has cultivated\, and continues to cultivate\, a passion for the environment\, guided primarily by moral principles. He believes everyone has a responsibility to actively care for others and the environment\, and by saving our environment we save ourselves. He has volunteered with the Sierra Club\, Bridging the Gap\, Mid-America Regional Council\, KC Rescue Mission\, and Impact KC\, and has given presentations to the EPA\, city councils\, parks departments\, and the public to help inform decisions to preserve the environment and protect human health and quality of life. \nScott Schulte\, a board member of the Heartland Conservation Alliance (HCA)\, has 26 years of experience working to protect natural resources. He served HCA as Board President for six years\, from its founding in January 2012 until March of 2018. Scott is the Senior Environmental Planner for Vireo (formerly Patti Banks Associates) since 2005 where he supports natural resource planning\, design\, and policy development projects. He has been a Lecturer at the University of Kansas since 2009\, first in the Urban Planning Program and at the Edwards Campus since 2015\, instructing undergraduates and graduate students in environmental planning and environmental impact assessment. Previously\, he served as the Board Vice President and Treasurer of Blue River Watershed Association for two years. Scott has extensive experience in watershed management\, natural resources planning and restoration\, public policy\, community engagement and training. \nAdmission tickets \nThe event is free and open to the public; however\, e-tickets are required. Please note that the event will be held in the Helzberg Auditorium at the Kansas City Public Library – Central Library at 14th W. 10th Street. \nUpcoming Science Matters Brown Bag Forums \n\nSeptember 18: Renew the Blue\nOctober 16: An Overview of Renewable Energy Technologies\nNovember 20: All Maps are Lies!\n\nParking \nThe Central Library parking garage is located directly west of the Central Library building on the northwest corner of 10th & Baltimore. Please note that the parking garage has a maximum eight-foot clearance. \n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/renew-the-blue/
LOCATION:Kansas City Public Library – Central Library\, 14 W. 10th St.\, Kansas City\, Missouri\, 64105
CATEGORIES:Science Matters Brown Bag
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SUMMARY:The Evolution of the Human Form
DESCRIPTION:Register for Free E-tickets\n  \nThe lecture \nFor centuries\, the human form has been the subject of intense exploration by artists. Now science has extended the field for such work by revealing the human form’s precursors\, and how these puzzle pieces fit to reveal the human form’s coming-to-be. John Gurche’s new book\, Lost Anatomies: The Evolution of the Human Form\, is a large format art book published by Abrams\, built around a collection of drawings and paintings 27 years in the making\, which explore the aesthetic aspects of this evolution. \nIn this talk\, Gurche will take you through the evolution of the human form using images from the book. He will also discuss the detective work behind the reconstruction of the newest major discovery of an ancient human ancestor\, to be announced in the summer of 2019. \nThe speaker \nJohn Gurche is one of the world’s best-known paleo-artists working today to bring ancient creatures to life. Trained in anthropology and paleontology\, Gurche is often the artist chosen by National Geographic to help introduce newly discovered human ancestors to the world by reconstructing their faces (12 issues\, including four covers). Fifteen of his sculptures are featured in the Smithsonian’s Hall of Human Origins. Gurche was chosen by Steven Spielberg to do pre-production art for the movie Jurassic Park\, and by the US Postal Service to create art for their 1989 dinosaur stamps. His new book is titled Lost Anatomies: The Evolution of the Human Form. He is currently building a face for a newly discovered human ancestor\, to be announced in late 2019. \nBook signing \nA meet-and-greet book signing will immediately follow the lecture. Copies of Lost Anatomies will be available for purchase at the event courtesy of Rainy Day Books. To pre-order a copy of Lost Anatomies\, call 913.384.3126 or visit Rainy Day Books at 2706 W. 53rd Street in Fairway\, Kansas. \nAdmission tickets \nThe event is free and open to the public; however\, e-tickets are required. \nLive stream option \nIf you are unable to attend the lecture in person\, you can watch a live broadcast from the Library’s Facebook page or via livestream.com. \nParking \nThe main entrance to the Library grounds is on Cherry Street. Parking is free in Library parking lots and along the west side of Holmes Street between 51st and 52nd streets. The Linda Hall Library is not affiliated with UMKC. Parking in all UMKC lots is by permit or meter. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. \n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/the-evolution-of-the-human-form/
LOCATION:Linda Hall Library\, 5109 Cherry\, Kansas City\, MO\, 64110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Emperors of the Deep: Sharks—The Ocean's Most Mysterious\, Most Misunderstood\, and Most Important Guardians
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with Rainy Day Books. \nRegister for Free E-tickets\n  \nThe book \nIn this remarkable groundbreaking book\, a documentarian and conservationist\, determined to dispel misplaced fear and correct common misconceptions\, explores in-depth the secret lives of sharks—magnificent creatures who play an integral part in maintaining the health of the World’s oceans and ultimately the Planet. \nFrom the Jaws blockbuster movie series to Shark Week\, we are conditioned to see sharks as terrifying cold-blooded underwater predators. But as William McKeever\, founder of Safeguard the Seas\, reveals\, sharks are evolutionary marvels essential to maintaining a balanced ecosystem.  We can learn much from sharks\, he argues\, and our knowledge about them continues to grow.  The first book to reveal in full the hidden lives of sharks\, Emperors of the Deep\, examines four species—Mako\, Tiger\, Hammerhead\, and Great White—as never before\, and includes fascinating details such as: \n\nSharks are 50-Million Years older than trees\nSharks have survived 5 Extinction level events\, including the one that killed off the Dinosaurs\nSharks have electroreception\, a sixth sense that lets them pick up on electric fields generated by living things\nSharks can dive 4\,000 Feet below the surface; Sharks account for only 6 human fatalities per Year\, while humans kill 100 Million Sharks per Year\n\nMcKeever goes back through time to probe the shark’s pre-historic secrets and how it has become the World’s most feared and most misunderstood predator\, and takes us on a pulse-pounding tour around the world and deep under the water’s surface\, from the frigid waters of the Arctic Circle to the coral reefs of the tropical Central Pacific\, to see sharks up close in their natural habitat.  He also interviews ecologists\, conservationists\, and world-renowned shark experts\, including the founders of Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior\, the head of the Massachusetts Shark Research Program\, and the self-professed “last great shark hunter.” \nAt once a deep-dive into the misunderstood world of Sharks and an urgent call to protect them\, Emperors of the Deep celebrates this wild species that hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of the ocean–if we can prevent their extinction from climate change and human hunters. \n The speaker \nWilliam McKeever is a documentary filmmaker\, writer\, and the founder of the non-profit organization Safeguard the Seas\, dedicated to ocean conservation. He is the producer and director of the forthcoming feature-length documentary film Emperors of the Deep\, which will premier in spring 2020. \nEvent format \nWilliam McKeever will give a multimedia presentation about his new hardcover\, Emperors of the Deep: Sharks—The Ocean’s Most Mysterious\, Most Misunderstood\, and Most Important Guardians\, accompanied by a special 20-minute preview of his new documentary film\, Emperors of the Deep. The presentation will last approximately one hour. A book signing will follow the presentation. \n Book signing \nA meet-and-greet book signing will immediately follow the lecture. Rainy Day Books will have copies of Emperors of the Deep available for purchase at the event. To pre-order a copy of McKeever’s book\, click here to order online\, call 913.384.3126\, or visit Rainy Day Books at 2706 W. 53rd Street in Fairway\, Kansas. \nAdmission tickets \nThe lecture is free and open to the public; however\, e-tickets are required. \nParking \nThe main entrance to the Library grounds is on Cherry Street. Parking is free in Library parking lots and along the west side of Holmes Street between 51st and 52nd streets. The Linda Hall Library is not affiliated with UMKC. Parking in all UMKC lots is by permit or meter. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. \n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/emperors-of-the-deep-a-rainy-day-books-author-and-documentary-film-event-co-presented-by-the-linda-hall-library/
LOCATION:Linda Hall Library\, 5109 Cherry Street\, Kansas City\, MO\, 64110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Surveying the Anthropic Sublime: A Conversation Between Photographer Michael Light and Jane Aspinwall
DESCRIPTION:Register for Free E-tickets\n  \nFunding for this program has been provided by a generous gift from the Hall Family Foundation. \n  \nCelebrated landscape photographer and bookmaker Michael Light focuses on the environment and how contemporary American culture relates to it. For the last sixteen years\, Light has aerially photographed over settled and unsettled areas of American space\, pursuing themes of mapping\, vertigo\, human impact on the land\, and various aspects of geologic time and the sublime. A private pilot and Guggenheim Photography Fellow\, he is currently working on an extended aerial survey of the arid Western states. The fourth volume in a multi-volume series of this work published by Radius Books\, Lake Lahontan/Lake Bonneville\, was released this August. \nLight is also known for his archival books and exhibitions. His 1999  book\, FULL MOON\, used lunar geological survey imagery made by the Apollo astronauts to show the moon both as a sublime desert and an embattled point of first human contact\, while his 2003 book\, 100 SUNS\, focused on the politics and landscape meanings of military photographs of  U.S. atmospheric nuclear detonations from 1945 to 1962. \nLight has exhibited globally\, and his work has been collected by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, The Getty Research Institute\, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art\, The New York Public Library\, the Brooklyn Museum\, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London\, and the Hasselblad Center in Sweden\, among others.  Twenty-five separate editions of his seven books have been published worldwide. \nJane Aspinwall\, Associate Curator of Photography at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art\, has worked with the Hallmark Photographic Collection since 1999 and was the first member of the Photography department at the Nelson-Atkins after the Hallmark collection was gifted in 2005. Previous to this appointment\, she served as the curatorial assistant of Photography and worked in the American Art department of the Nelson-Atkins. Aspinwall received a master’s degree in 2001 in art history from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She also holds a master’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in arts management received in 1992 from the University of Missouri-Columbia. \nAspinwall was contributor to the book and a co-organizer of the exhibition Developing Greatness: Origins of American Photography\, 1839-1885\, one of the inaugural exhibitions held in the museum’s Bloch Building in 2007. She was also co-author and exhibition co-curator of Timothy O’Sullivan: The King Survey Photographs. She has curated numerous exhibitions at the Nelson-Atkins\, including: In the Public Eye: Photography and Fame; Restoration: Shana and Robert ParkeHarrison; Hide & Seek: Picturing Childhood (co-curated); Exploring Egypt: 19th Century Expeditionary Photography; Heavens: Photographs of the Sky & Cosmos; and Timothy O’Sullivan: The King Survey Photographs (co-curated). \nThis program is the opening event of the exhibition\, Then and Now: Photography and the Printed Image. \nAdmission tickets \nThe event is free and open to the public; however\, e-tickets are required. \n Live stream option \nIf you are unable to attend the lecture in person\, you can watch a live broadcast from the Library’s Facebook page or via livestream.com. \n Parking\, \nThe main entrance to the Library grounds is on Cherry Street. Parking is free in Library parking lots and along the west side of Holmes Street between 51st and 52nd streets. The Linda Hall Library is not affiliated with UMKC. Parking in all UMKC lots is by permit or meter. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. \n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/surveying-the-anthropic-sublime/
LOCATION:Linda Hall Library\, 5109 Cherry\, Kansas City\, MO\, 64110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Second Saturday Conversation: Coffee with the Curators
DESCRIPTION:Register for Free E-tickets\n  \nAbout Second Saturdays \nSecond Saturday Conversations feature interesting sci-tech and engineering speakers and topics in an informal setting. The programs are held in the Auditorium or Main Reading Room from 11:00 a.m. to Noon. \nThe exhibition galleries and the William N. Deramus III Cosmology Theater are open 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month. Free admission and parking. Reference\, research\, and circulation services are not available on Second Saturdays. \nThe gallery talk \nJoin students from the Kansas City Art Institute from 11 a.m. to Noon for a gallery talk on their artwork on display in the exhibition\, Then and Now: Photography and the Printed Image. \nAdmission tickets \n\nThe gallery talk is free and open to the public; however\, e-tickets are required. \nParking \nThe main entrance to the Library grounds is on Cherry Street. Parking is free in Library parking lots and along the west side of Holmes Street between 51st and 52nd streets. The Linda Hall Library is not affiliated with UMKC. Parking in all UMKC lots is by permit or meter. Doors open at 10 a.m. \n\n\n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/second-saturday-conversation-coffee-with-the-curators/
LOCATION:Linda Hall Library\, 5109 Cherry Street\, Kansas City\, MO\, 64110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Second Saturday Lecture
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SUMMARY:Michael Crichton Film Series - Westworld
DESCRIPTION:Register for Free E-tickets\n  \nFilm series overview \nFew American writers have been more concerned with the transformative power of science\, and its unforeseen consequences\, than Michael Crichton. In his work\, Crichton demonstrated a keen ability to anticipate new technological developments long before they became reality and predict how even seemingly beneficial breakthroughs in biotechnology or artificial intelligence could quickly spiral out of their creators’ control. This fall\, join the Linda Hall Library for a retrospective film series that considers how Crichton’s views on science and technology evolved during the final decades of the 20th century. \nFilms will be screened at the UMKC Student Union Theater. A 30-minute audience discussion and Q&A will follow each screening. \nAbout the October 14 film \nWestworld (1973\, 88 minutes\, PG-13)\nA robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic\, adult-themed amusement park. Written and directed by Michael Crichton. Stars Yul Brynner\, Richard Benjamin\, and James Brolin. \nA 30-minute audience discussion and Q&A led by Brian Hare\, Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Computer Science at UMKC\, will follow the screening. \n  \nAdmission tickets \nThe event is free and open to the public; however\, e-tickets are required. Films will be screened at the UMKC Student Union Theater. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. \nUpcoming Michael Crichton films in the series \n\nNovember 11: Runaway (1984)\nDecember 9: Jurassic Park (1993)\n\nParking \nFree parking is available on the 5th and 6th floors of the Cherry Street Parking Garage. There are entrances on Oak Street and Cherry Street. Parking on lower floors is reserved for vehicles with UMKC parking permits. \n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/michael-crichton-film-series-westworld/
LOCATION:UMKC Student Union Theater\, 5100 Cherry St\, Kansas City\, MO\, 64110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film series
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SUMMARY:Science Matters Brown Bag Forum: An Overview of Renewable Energy Technologies
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the Linda Hall Library and Kansas City Public Library.  \nThe program will be held in the Helzberg Auditorium of the\nKansas City Public Library – Central Library\, 14th W. 10th Street. \nRegister for Free E-tickets\n  \nAbout the Science Matters Brown Bag Forums \nScience Matters Brown Bag Forums are monthly lunch-and-learn programs co-sponsored by the Linda Hall Library and the Kansas City Public Library. The events will be held in the Helzberg Auditorium in the Central Library. The forums will focus on science-related topics that impact Kansas Citians. Bring your lunch and join the conversation! \nThe October 16 program \nRobert Forkner from Evergy\, Inc.\, the parent company of Kansas City Power & Light and Westar Energy\, will provide an overview of the technologies behind solar\, batteries\, and wind power. He will discuss how they get built\, what it takes to maintain the sites\, new technologies\, and how tariffs and tax credits are impacting the industry. \nThe speaker \nRobert Forkner is Manager of the Western Plains and Spearville Wind Sites with Evergy\, Inc. He has extensive experience in project management for the energy sector at coal\, natural gas\, and renewable power plants. Previous projects include CCR upgrades\, large steam turbine overhauls\, and building the Western Plains Wind Farm. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University. \n​Admission tickets \nThe event is free and open to the public; however\, e-tickets are required. Please note that the event will be held in the Helzberg Auditorium at the Kansas City Public Library – Central Library at 14th W. 10th Street. \nUpcoming Science Matters Brown Bag Forums \n\nSeptember 18: Renew the Blue\nOctober 16: An Overview of Renewable Energy Technologies\nNovember 20: All Maps are Lies!\n\nParking \nThe Central Library parking garage is located directly west of the Central Library building on the northwest corner of 10th & Baltimore. Please note that the parking garage has a maximum eight-foot clearance. \n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/renewable-energy-technologies/
LOCATION:Kansas City Public Library – Central Library\, 14 W. 10th St.\, Kansas City\, Missouri\, 64105
CATEGORIES:Science Matters Brown Bag
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SUMMARY:Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the Linda Hall Library and MRIGlobal. \nThe film screening will held in the Arthur Mag Center at MRIGlobal\, 4920 Cherry St.\, Kansas City\, Missouri. \nRegister for Free E-tickets\n  \nThe event \nThe Linda Hall Library and MRIGlobal present a one-night only screening of the award-winning documentary\, Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future. A 30-minute Q&A with Douglass M. Stewart\, Jr.\, the film’s writer\, producer\, and director\, will follow the screening. MRIGlobal’s collection of eight original Bonestell paintings will also be on display during the event. \nAbout the film \nWhat do the Chrysler Building\, the Golden Gate Bridge\, the film Destination Moon and America’s space program all have in common? They were each touched by the creative vision of a artist Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986). His legendary depiction of “Saturn As Seen From Titan” became known as “the painting that launched a thousand careers.” Told by the people who were influenced by or knew Chesley personally\, as well as Chesley himself\, this film chronicles the remarkable nine-decade life of a quiet\, artistic visionary\, whose beautiful paintings helped inspire America’s space program. \nQ&A with Douglass M. Stewart\, Jr. \nA 30-minute Q&A with Douglass M. Stewart\, Jr.\, the film’s writer\, producer\, and director\, will follow the screening. Stewart and his company\, DMS Production Services\, Inc.\, have a 30-year history of providing films for the Academy Awards\, the Emmy Awards\, the Screen Actors Guild Awards\, the ASC Awards\, the Television Hall of Fame\, the ASCAP Film & Television Awards\, and many others. Stewart has produced 20 live broadcasts of the Emmy nominations announcements; special film tributes for Presidents William Clinton and George W. Bush; and the Lionel Richie music video\, “Love Will Conquer All.” In addition\, Stewart produced and directed the feature-length documentary “50 Years of Action”\, commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Directors Guild of America and “The ASCAP Story\,” celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the American Society of Composers\, Authors\, and Publishers. Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with The Future was an Official Selection for the 2018 Newport Beach Film Festival and was given the Audience Award for the category of Art\, Architecture\, and Design films. \nVenue \nThe film screening will held in the Arthur Mag Center at MRIGlobal\, 4920 Cherry St.\, Kansas City\, Missouri. \nAdmission tickets \nThe event is free and open to the public; however\, e-tickets are required. A limited number of seats are available. \nParking \nLimited free parking will be available in front and behind the Arthur Mag Center at 4920 Cherry Street\, Kansas City\, Missouri. \n  \n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/chesley-bonestell-a-brush-with-the-future/
LOCATION:MRIGlobal Arthur Mag Center\, 4920 Cherry St.\, Kansas City\, MO\, 64110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film series
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SUMMARY:A Deeper Dive: The Scientific Study of the Plate Tectonics History of the World Presented in Three Sessions
DESCRIPTION:Register for Free E-tickets\n  \nThis course will be held in the Regnier Center\, Room 101 D\, at\nJohnson County Community College\, 12345 College Blvd.\, Overland Park\, Kansas 66210.\nClasses will meet from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on November 5\, 12\, and 19. \n  \nAbout Deeper Dive Courses \nThe Library’s Deeper Dive programs are three-part courses that take in-depth looks into important science topics. The small class settings are ideal for audience interaction with expert faculty members. The course is free and open to the public. Registraton is for all three classes. Seating is limited. \nPlate Tectonics Course Description \nThe geological discoveries and principles that reveal the plate-tectonic history of the earth are astonishing and head-spinningly complex. Throughout earth’s history\, tectonic plates have skated over the globe and have been driven into massive collisions with one another by heat convection currents over a thousand miles deep. In those collisions\, the rocks of the plates have been deformed\, compressed\, metamorphosed\, eroded and deformed again and again. In this series of Deeper Dive talks\, we will explore at a rather intense level some of the brilliant scientific tools used by geologists to understand the formation of the crust\, the motions of plates\, and the consequences of plate collisions. The foundation of the three individual discussions will be the three-billion-year-old rocks of northern Scotland\, which preserve vivid\, visible evidence of more collisions than almost anywhere else in the world. \n\nNovember 5 – How Do We Know? The Geologic History of Northern Scotland at Three Billion Years Ago\nThe first Deeper Dive session will focus on the earliest geologic history of the earth and of Northern Scotland in particular\, by digging down into some of the scientific techniques that tell Scotland’s three-billion-year story. Incredible detective work with radioactive isotopes\, phenomenal chemical trace-element studies of some quite-boring looking rocks\, and beautiful studies of minerals that make up the rocks combine to tell how our earth first developed a crust.\n\n\nNovember 12 – What Facts Do We Have?: The Geologic History of Northern Scotland Between One and Three Billion Years Ago\nThe second session will cover the history of the middle two billion years in Northern Scotland\, including the deductions based upon the scientific principles and techniques presented in the first Deep Dive. It will show that Scotland once hosted a part of one of the tallest mountain ranges in the world.  And it will show how we know how tall they were\, based on data available in present-day rocks.\n\n\nNovember 19 – What Can We Conclude?: The Recent Geologic History of Northern Scotland from One Billion Years Ago to the Present\nThe third and final session will cover the latest billion years in the geology of Northern Scotland\, including another whole mountain range being thrust up and being eroded completely away during the formation and subsequent breakup of the supercontinent Pangea. Breaking up can be hard\, but in any case\, the consequences of this breakup have been\, and continue to be\, profound. We will also take a deeper dive into the science behind the fossil record. For a finishing touch\, we will discuss earthquakes\, volcanoes\, and a few present-day popular myths.\n\nThe Instructor \nBill Shefchik was a geologist at Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company\, in Kansas City\, for over 36 years. During that time\, he investigated the geology beneath over 500 projects—power plants\, large dams\, airports\, bridges\, water treatment plants\, wastewater treatment plants\, factories\, railroads\, solar farms\, wind farms\, sanitary landfills\, and hazardous waste sites. Some projects required a one-page memorandum\, others were months- and years-long investigations resulting in multi-volume reports. \nMr. Shefchik’s specialty was engineering geology in conditions of unstable ground\, including severe karst environments\, abandoned underground mines\, fault zones\, and ground fissure zones in areas of significant groundwater withdrawal in the desert southwest. He also designed and implemented major groundwater remediation well fields\, which have caused the cleanup of over eight billion gallons of contaminated groundwater.   He also contributed to investigation and groundwater cleanup at several dozen contaminated industrial sites and several petroleum refineries. \nHe provided conceptual design and oversight expertise to the structural backfilling of numerous abandoned underground mines\, most of which occurred beneath sensitive surface infrastructure (railroads\, highways\, streets). Over the last 20 years of his career\, he served as a geology expert witness on behalf of over 25 clients\, providing technical analysis and support (defining the geological facts of the case at contaminated soil and groundwater sites)\, plus testimony in several dozen depositions\, in mediation attempts\, and in court\, to assist the parties in reaching fair settlements of their disputes. \nMr. Shefchik earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geology from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. \nDates\, Times\, and Location \nThe class will meet from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on November 5\, 12\, and 19 in the Regnier Center\, Room 101 D\, at Johnson County Community College\, 12345 College Blvd.\, Overland Park Kansas 66210. \nAdmission Tickets \nThe course is free and open to the public; however\, e-tickets are required. Registration is for all three classes. \nParking \nParking is available in the garage connected to the Regnier building. Parking is also available in the nearby lot. \n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/a-deeper-dive-the-scientific-study-of-the-plate-tectonics-history-of-the-world-presented-in-3-sessions/
LOCATION:Regnier Center\, JCCC Room RC 101D\, 12345 College Blvd\, Overland Park\, KS\, 66210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Deeper Dive
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SUMMARY:A Nightwatchman's Journey: The Road Not Taken
DESCRIPTION:Register for Free E-tickets\nThe program \nDr. Levy will be discussing his new book\, A Nightwatchman’s Journey: The Road Not Taken. \n“The subject of this evening’s presentation is the story of my life. Even though the cycle of my life story centers on the night sky\, some of its details concern my life long battle against depression. It describes how as a child I would tear up invitations to birthday parties in order not to have to go to them. I was shy and lonely\, and I did find comfort in my early looks at the night sky. \nAs the years passed\, I turned my childhood friendship with the night sky into a passion for it. I now have many\, many good friends\, (many of them astronomical friends) and I have discovered or co-discovered 23 comets. This book describes the adventures I have had over 70 happy years\, along with the eclipses\, comets\,  displays of the northern lights\, and a cosmic impact that have punctuated the years.” \nThe speaker \nDavid H. Levy is one of the most successful comet discoverers in history. He has discovered 22 comets\, nine of them using his own backyard telescopes. With Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California he discovered Shoemaker-Levy 9\, the comet that collided with Jupiter in 1994. That episode produced the most spectacular explosions ever witnessed in the solar system. Levy is currently involved with the Jarnac Comet Survey\, which is based at the Jarnac Observatory in Vail\, Arizona\, but which has telescopes planned for locations around the world. \nDr. Levy is the author or editor of 35 books and other products. He won an Emmy in 1998 as part of the writing team for the Discovery Channel documentary\, Three Minutes to Impact. As the Science Editor for Parade Magazine from 1997 to 2006\, he was able to reach more than 80 million readers\, almost a quarter of the population of the United States. A contributing editor for Sky and Telescope Magazine\, he writes its monthly “Star Trails” column\, and his “Nightfall” feature appears in each issue of the Canadian magazine\, Skynews. \nAdmission tickets \nThe event is free and open to the public; however\, e-tickets are required. \nLive stream option \nIf you are unable to attend the lecture in person\, you can watch a live broadcast from the Library’s Facebook page or via livestream.com \nParking \nThe main entrance to the Library grounds is on Cherry Street. Parking is free in Library parking lots and along the west side of Holmes Street between 51st and 52nd streets. The Linda Hall Library is not affiliated with UMKC. Parking in all UMKC lots is by permit or meter. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/a-nightwatchmans-journey-the-road-not-taken/
LOCATION:Linda Hall Library\, 5109 Cherry\, Kansas City\, MO\, 64110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID="America/Chicago":20191109T110000
DTEND;TZID="America/Chicago":20191109T120000
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SUMMARY:Second Saturday Conversation: “Is Your Idea a Sellable Product?”
DESCRIPTION:About Second Saturdays \nSecond Saturday Conversations feature interesting sci-tech and engineering speakers and topics in an informal setting. The programs are held in the Auditorium or Main Reading Room from 11:00 a.m. to Noon. \nThe exhibition galleries and the William N. Deramus III Cosmology Theater are open 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month. Free admission and parking. Reference\, research\, and circulation services are not available on Second Saturdays. \nThe lecture \nAn idea is just that if it isn’t sellable. Learn steps you can take to better assure your money doesn’t go down the drain with high costs before you actually know if your product will sell. Learning the basics that smart inventors use during the exploratory stages of taking an idea to a product can save you time and money while assuring your product has a better chance to succeed once it is launched. \nThe speaker \nMary Moeller\, a lifelong entrepreneur\, is founder and CEO of Starrtek\, a Kansas City-based professional web design and software development firm\, and president of campgroundcommander.com\, an industry leader in online reservation management systems for small business campgrounds. She also is an active member of the Inventors Center of Kanas City\, currently serving as its president. \nAdmission tickets \n\nThe gallery talk is free and open to the public; however\, e-tickets are required. \nParking \nThe main entrance to the Library grounds is on Cherry Street. Parking is free in Library parking lots and along the west side of Holmes Street between 51st and 52nd streets. The Linda Hall Library is not affiliated with UMKC. Parking in all UMKC lots is by permit or meter. Doors open at 10 a.m. \n\n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/second-saturday-conversation-is-your-idea-a-sellable-product/
LOCATION:Linda Hall Library\, 5109 Cherry\, Kansas City\, MO\, 64110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Second Saturday Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID="America/Chicago":20191111T063000
DTEND;TZID="America/Chicago":20191111T210000
DTSTAMP:20190910T230442
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SUMMARY:Michael Crichton Film Series - Runaway
DESCRIPTION:Register for Free E-tickets\n  \nFilm series overview \nFew American writers have been more concerned with the transformative power of science\, and its unforeseen consequences\, than Michael Crichton. In his work\, Crichton demonstrated a keen ability to anticipate new technological developments long before they became reality and predict how even seemingly beneficial breakthroughs in biotechnology or artificial intelligence could quickly spiral out of their creators’ control. This fall\, join the Linda Hall Library for a retrospective film series that considers how Crichton’s views on science and technology evolved during the final decades of the 20th century. \nFilms will be screened at the UMKC Student Union Theater. A 30-minute audience discussion and Q&A will follow each screening. \nAbout the November 11 film \nRunaway (1984\, 99 minutes\, PG-13)\nIn the near future\, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill\, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots… and his son becomes a target. Written and directed by Michael Crichton. Stars Tom Selleck\, Cynthia Rhodes\, Gene Simmons\, and Kirstie Alley. \n  \nA 30-minute audience discussion and Q&A led by robotics expert Dr. Travis Fields\, Assistant Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at UMKC\, will follow each screening. \nAdmission tickets \nThe event is free and open to the public; however\, e-tickets are required. Films will be screened at the UMKC Student Union Theater. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. \nUpcoming Michael Crichton films in the series \n\nDecember 9: Jurassic Park (1993)\n\nParking \nFree parking is available on the 5th and 6th floors of the Cherry Street Parking Garage. There are entrances on Oak Street and Cherry Street. Parking on lower floors is reserved for vehicles with UMKC parking permits. \n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/michael-crichton-film-series-runaway/
LOCATION:UMKC Student Union Theater\, 5100 Cherry St\, Kansas City\, MO\, 64110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film series
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DTSTART;TZID="America/Chicago":20191120T120000
DTEND;TZID="America/Chicago":20191120T130000
DTSTAMP:20190910T230442
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SUMMARY:Science Matters Brown Bag Forum: All Maps are Lies!
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the Linda Hall Library\, Kansas City Public Library\, and the Missouri Humanities Council.  \nThe program will be held in the Helzberg Auditorium of the\nKansas City Public Library – Central Library\, 14th W. 10th Street. \nRegister for Free E-tickets\n  \nThe program \nMaps spur our imagination. Maps transport us. In maps we trust. But all maps are lies. Filled with examples of maps from the Show-Me State and beyond\, this presentation will forever change the way you look at maps. You will come away as a more informed and discerning map reader with an understanding that “not only is it easy to lie with maps\, it is essential.” \nThe speaker \nKelly Johnston is a Missouri native\, raised on a farm near Warrensburg. He earned degrees from the University of Central Missouri and Indiana University. He has been a software developer and a cartographer\, and he taught mapping at the University of Virginia. He grew up immersed in architecture and building as he worked alongside his father\, a master carpenter who built their family home. Recently retired from Virginia\, Johnston and his wife moved back to Missouri\, where they restored a historic home\, now listed on the National Register. He leads tours of the Frank Lloyd Wright house at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and has visited 50 Frank Lloyd Wright buildings around the world. \nAdmission tickets \nThe event is free and open to the public; however\, e-tickets are required. Please note that the event will be held in the Helzberg Auditorium at the Kansas City Public Library – Central Library at 14th W. 10th Street. \nUpcoming Science Matters Brown Bag Forums \n\nSeptember 18: Renew the Blue\nOctober 16: An Overview of Renewable Energy Technologies\nNovember 20: All Maps are Lies!\n\nParking \nThe Central Library parking garage is located directly west of the Central Library building on the northwest corner of 10th & Baltimore. Please note that the parking garage has a maximum eight-foot clearance. \n  \n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/science-matters-brown-bag-forum-all-maps-are-lies/
LOCATION:Kansas City Public Library – Central Library\, 14 W. 10th St.\, Kansas City\, Missouri\, 64105
CATEGORIES:Science Matters Brown Bag
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DTSTART;TZID="America/Chicago":20191209T063000
DTEND;TZID="America/Chicago":20191209T210000
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SUMMARY:Michael Crichton Film Series - Jurassic Park
DESCRIPTION:Register for Free E-tickets\n  \nFilm series overview \nFew American writers have been more concerned with the transformative power of science\, and its unforeseen consequences\, than Michael Crichton. In his work\, Crichton demonstrated a keen ability to anticipate new technological developments long before they became reality and predict how even seemingly beneficial breakthroughs in biotechnology or artificial intelligence could quickly spiral out of their creators’ control. This fall\, join the Linda Hall Library for a retrospective film series that considers how Crichton’s views on science and technology evolved during the final decades of the 20th century. \nFilms will be screened at the UMKC Student Union Theater. A 30-minute audience discussion and Q&A will follow each screening. \nAbout the December 9 film \nJurassic Park (1993\, 127 minutes\, PG-13)\nDuring a preview tour\, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok. Based on a novel by Michael Crichton\, who also wrote the screenplay. Directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Sam Neill\, Laura Dern\, and Jeff Goldblum. \n  \nA 30-minute audience discussion and Q&A led by Dr. Bruce Lieberman\, a paleobiologist from the University of Kansas\, will follow each screening. \nAdmission tickets \nThe event is free and open to the public; however\, e-tickets are required. Films will be screened at the UMKC Student Union Theater. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. \nParking \nFree parking is available on the 5th and 6th floors of the Cherry Street Parking Garage. There are entrances on Oak Street and Cherry Street. Parking on lower floors is reserved for vehicles with UMKC parking permits. \n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/michael-crichton-film-series-jurrasic-park/
LOCATION:UMKC Student Union Theater\, 5100 Cherry St\, Kansas City\, MO\, 64110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film series
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DTSTART;TZID="America/Chicago":20200206T190000
DTEND;TZID="America/Chicago":20200206T200000
DTSTAMP:20190910T230442
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SUMMARY:Women on the Nile in the “Golden Age” of Travel
DESCRIPTION:The lecture \nPeople have been traveling to Egypt for millennia\, but the “Golden Age” of tourism for Westerners began in the mid-19th century. Many travelers are well-known to us because they were already famous\, such as Ulysses S. Grant\, Theodore Roosevelt\, and Mark Twain. Others became famous because of their archaeological work\, such as Theodore Davis\, Lord Carnarvon\, and Howard Carter. We have their diaries\, letters\, postcards\, and more to chronicle their memories. Because many of the travelers were men\, we focus much more on them than on women who took holidays on the Nile. Their experience was different than that of their male counterparts. In this talk\, I will focus on many of these women and their experiences traveling to Egypt. When should they go? Who should they travel with? What could they do and see? What could they expect to find? And the evergreen question: What should they pack? Join us for an adventure up and down the Nile during the Golden Age of travel. \nThe speaker \nKathleen Sheppard is Associate Professor in the History and Political Science Department at Missouri S&T (formerly UM-Rolla). Her work focuses on the history of Egyptology\, and women in the field. Her first book\, The Life of Margaret Alice Murray (2013) is a biography of the first university-trained woman Egyptologist in Britain. Her second book\, ‘My Dear Miss Ransom…’ (2018) is an edited collection of the letters of Caroline Ransom Williams\, the first woman to earn her PhD in Egyptology in the US. Sheppard grew up in Blue Springs and sorely misses the Royals and good barbecue. \nAdmission tickets \nThe event is free and open to the public; however\, e-tickets are required. Registration will open January 2\, 2020. \nLive stream option \nIf you are unable to attend the lecture in person\, you can watch a live broadcast from the Library’s Facebook page or via livestream.com. \nParking \nThe main entrance to the Library grounds is on Cherry Street. Parking is free in Library parking lots and along the west side of Holmes Street between 51st and 52nd streets. The Linda Hall Library is not affiliated with UMKC. Parking in all UMKC lots is by permit or meter. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. \n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/women-on-the-nile-in-the-golden-age-of-travel/
LOCATION:MO
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID="America/Chicago":20200225T190000
DTEND;TZID="America/Chicago":20200225T200000
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SUMMARY:Science Forum 2020: Sports Concussions
DESCRIPTION:GrunhardAbout the program: \nConcussions affect athletes of all ages and occur in a wide range of sports from soccer and football to bicycling and basketball. With the popularity of sports at an all-time high\, recent scientific research has focused on identifying concussions\, creating return-to-play protocols\, and inventing hi-tech equipment to prevent brain injuries. \nIn this presentation\, moderator Steve Kraske will lead a discussion and audience Q&A session with a panel of experts on a variety of concussion-related topics. This is a must-attend event for parents\, young athletes\, coaches\, trainers\, and school administrators.  \nModerator: \nSteve Kraske is Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and also host of “Up to Date\,” a daily talk show on public radio KCUR-FM in Kansas City. He was a long-time political correspondent and columnist for The Kansas City Star. He was a 1992 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University and holds his B.A. in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. \n  \n  \nPanelists: \nMargaret “Meg” Gibson\, MD\, is a physician for the Sports Medicine Center at Children’s Mercy Hospital\, Kansas City. She also serves as the Fellowship Director for the UMKC Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship and is the head team physician for the UMKC Athletics Department. \nDr. Gibson earned a B.A. in biology from Washington University and an MD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She completed her Family Medicine Residency and Sports Medicine Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. \n  \nPer Reinhall\, PhD\, is co-founder and CTO of sports technology company\, VICIS\, Inc. He is also Professor and Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Washington\, where his research interests include dynamical systems\, mechanics\, acoustics\, and biomechanics. He obtained his BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington and an MS and PhD in applied mechanics from Caltech. \nA Seattle start-up founded in 2013\, VICIS football helmets have been rated best for three straight years at reducing head impact severity according to performance testing conducted by the NFL and the NFL Players Association. The VICIS helmet was also named one of TIME Magazine‘s Best Inventions of 2017. Today\, players on 28 of 32 NFL teams wear VICIS helmets\, including reigning NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes. The company unveiled a youth version of the helmet last year. \n  \nSelected by Kansas City in the second round of the 1990 draft\, Tim Grunhard was the anchor of the Chiefs’ offensive line throughout his 11-year career. A native of Chicago\, he is a 1990 graduate of Notre Dame where he was a standout offensive lineman and a member of the 1988 Irish National Championship team. Following his NFL career\, he served as head football coach at Bishop Miege for six years and was offensive line coach at the University of Kansas for two years. \n  \nAdmission tickets \nThe event is free and open to the public; however\, e-tickets are required. Registration will open at 9:00 a.m. on January 14\, 2020\, for a limited number of seats. \nParking \nThe main entrance to the Library grounds is on Cherry Street. Parking is free in Library parking lots and along the west side of Holmes Street between 51st and 52nd streets. The Linda Hall Library is not affiliated with UMKC. Parking in all UMKC lots is by permit or meter. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. \n  \n
URL:https://www.lindahall.org/event/science-forum-2020-concussions/
LOCATION:MO
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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