BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5335-fc23ead0cf145bfa807e0bc82c1941c0@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260513T131906Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210112T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210112T130000 SUMMARY:Penn State Alumni Association Virtual Speaker Session: \"Who Am I?: Empo wering Science Learning Through a \"Finding Your Roots\" Curriculum\" wi th Nina Jablonski DESCRIPTION:\nThe &ldquo\;Finding Your Roots&rdquo\; curriculum is a joi nt creation of Henry Louis Gates\, Jr. and Nina Jablonski and was develo ped by a team of more than 30 scientists and educators. By focusing on t he question of &ldquo\;Who Am I?\,&rdquo\; the curriculum inspires young people to investigate their own genetic and genealogical ancestry as a way of engaging them in science that is relevant and personally transfor mative. It was originally developed for middle-school aged learners in s ummer camp settings\, but is suitable for after-school programs and can easily be modified to be served as modules in regular classrooms. The cu rriculum is supported by the nine-part webisode series\, &ldquo\;Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings\,&rdquo\; which garnered three Mid-Atlantic E mmy Awards in 2018 and 2019.\n\nNina G. Jablonski is Evan Pugh Professor of Anthropology at Penn State. As a biological anthropologist\, she stu dies the human and primate evolution. She has written more than 200 scho larly papers\, two popular books\, and one book for children. Jablonski received her A.B. in Biology at Bryn Mawr College in 1975 and her Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Washington in 1981. She is an elect ed member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society\, the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, and a n honorary doctorate from University of Stellenbosch in South Africa for her contribution to the worldwide fight against racism.\n\nClick here t o register.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/vss_nin a-jablonski/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The “Find ing Your Roots” curriculum is a joint creation of Henry Louis Gate s, Jr. and Nina Jablonski and was developed by a team of more than 30 sc ientists and educators. By focusing on the question of “Who Am I?, ” the curriculum inspires young people to investigate their own ge netic and genealogical ancestry as a way of engaging them in science tha t is relevant and personally transformative. It was originally developed for middle-school aged learners in summer camp settings, but is suitabl e for after-school programs and can easily be modified to be served as m odules in regular classrooms. The curriculum is supported by the nine-pa rt webisode series, “Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings,” whi ch garnered three Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards in 2018 and 2019.

Nina G. Jablonski is Evan Pugh Professor of Anthropology at Penn State. As a biological anthropologist, she studies the human and primate evolution. She has written more than 200 scholarly papers, two popular books, and o ne book for children. Jablonski received her A.B. in Biology at Bryn Maw r College in 1975 and her Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Was hington in 1981. She is an elected member of the American Academy of Art s and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an honorary doctorate from University of St ellenbosch in South Africa for her contribution to the worldwide fight a gainst racism.

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