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MEDIA ADVISORY: March 13, 2002
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CONTACT: Beth Porter, (202) 687-4699 or (202) 687-5100, bap2@georgetown.edu
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Local Middle School Students Visit Georgetown
As Part of Brain Awareness Week
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When:
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Thursday, March 14, 2002; 12:15 p.m.
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What:
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Approximately 50 seventh-graders from Hardy Middle School in Washington, DC, will visit Georgetown University Medical Center. The students will tour neuroscience laboratories, meet scientists, and participate in hands-on activities that include quizzes, games, simple neurological tests (such as identifying smells while blindfolded) and will even have the opportunity to handle various animal brains. In addition to teaching students about their own brains, the goal of this event is to remove some of the mystery surrounding science and show students that science can be fun.
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Why:
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These activities are part of Brain Awareness Week, March 11-17. Brain Awareness Week is sponsored by the Society for Neuroscience and The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, a nonprofit organization of more than 200 leading neuroscientists.
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Georgetown University Medical Center includes the nationally ranked School of Medicine, School of Nursing and Health Studies, the Lombardi Cancer Center and a biomedical research enterprise. For more information, visit
www.georgetown.edu/gumc.
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Editor's Note:
Media are invited to attend Brain Awareness activities. To RSVP, call Beth Porter using the above-listed contact information.
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