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What’s The Story? Be An Investigative Reporter. Saturday, April 2nd @ 2pm. 6 – 8th grades.
Explore the skills, personality, and work ethic required to become a successful journalist and writer, like our author Rebecca Skloot, who “became enmeshed in the lives of the Lacks family.” Join us for hands-on interviewing, researching and investigating. Led by Christina Hennessy, a Fairfield County journalist with 15 years of experience. Register online or call 203-452-5197.
Madison Middle School. 4630 Madison Ave., Trumbull, CT.
Saturday, April 9th @ 2pm. 6 – 8th grades.
Students will build DNA models, and extract the DNA from wheat germ, as they explore the fascinating world of molecular genetics. HeLa cells, that grew from Henrietta Lacks’, were vital for advances in medicine, including the polio vaccine, cancer treatment, and other molecular advances. A Discovery Museum workshop. Registerer online or call 203-452-5197.
Library Merwin Room
Tues. April 12, 7pm.
Join us for a reflection on Henrietta Lacks and her disease–fighting cells and for a provocative pro and con as members of the Trumbull High Debate Club line up on opposite sides of the proposed resolution: Patients should be remunerated when their genetic material is used for research that produces profits. Register online or call 302-452-5197. Library Community Room
Trumbull Library, 33 Quality Street Trumbull, CT 06611 (203) 452-5197
Fairchild-Nichols Memorial Library 1718 Huntington Turnpike, Trumbull, CT 06611, (203) 452-5196
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