澳门六合彩开奖结果走势图 and public television station KVIE have collaborated to create a six-segment, 30-minute show called the 鈥溾 that will debut at 7 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 14).
The program explores the deeper stories behind six of our professors: What inspired them down the road of science and academia? What drives their research and their passion to help others? What do they teach us about the world?
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The 鈥淐uriosity Project鈥 is part of larger focus 澳门六合彩开奖结果走势图 has taken to explore the stories of curiosity across campus. See our 鈥淒riven by Curiosity鈥 website.
Viewers will encounter Katia Vega, an associate professor of design, who is defining a field of 鈥渂eauty technology鈥 where tattoos can do things like gauge a person鈥檚 blood glucose level; and Professor Lee Martin, the founder of 澳门六合彩开奖结果走势图鈥 Beta Lab, as he travels to schools around the area to teach young people about the joys of creating in a mobile maker lab.
The program also features Mark Winey, dean of the College of Biological Sciences, whose passion for biology was fueled by a sister who suffered from illness as a child. How did the doctors find out exactly what was wrong with her? How could this illness be prevented? These were the sparks of curiosity that led him down a road of science and discovery that continues to this day.
Also featured: Elena Siegal, an associate professor at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. She transitioned to a career in health care after spending most of her work life in business and finance. They will hear what motivated her to prompt this change.
Viewers will learn about people who wouldn鈥檛 let great challenges overcome their desire to learn more about the world and help others. For example, Geerat Vermeij, a distinguished professor of earth and planetary sciences, has lived with blindness since he was a child and today thrives as one of the world鈥檚 foremost experts in the evolution of seashells, studying the parallels of their evolution with that of human economies.
The 鈥淐uriosity Project鈥 also includes Raquel Aldana, 澳门六合彩开奖结果走势图 associate vice chancellor for Academic Diversity and a professor of law. Like so many of our 澳门六合彩开奖结果走势图 students, she was the first in her family to receive a college degree and overcame great obstacles as an immigrant. The segment shows how her background shaped her sense of social justice and why she remains so passionate with inspiring young people to become leaders.
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Melissa Blouin, 530-752-2542, mlblouin@ucdavis.edu