{"102701":{"#nid":"102701","#data":{"type":"event","title":"IMPACT Presents: \u0022Story Telling: Clear Proof that Scientists Descended from Humans\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter spending\nfifteen years as a marine biology professor, Randy Olson decided that he was no\nlonger interested in telling stories OF science and had become more interested\nin telling stories ABOUT science. Despite years of academic training, he\nresigned from his tenured professorship and moved to Hollywood to learn the art\nof filmmaking. Now, Randy is an independent filmmaker and a specialist in the\nart of communicating science and technical information to the public. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis book, \u003Cem\u003EDon\u2019t Be Such a\nScientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style\u003C\/em\u003E was described\nby Nature as \u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022An excellent explanation of why scientists have problems\ncommunicating with the public\u0022 \u003C\/strong\u003Eand Science said it\u003Cstrong\u003E \u201cought to be required\nreading in all graduate science programs.\u201d\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWe are delighted to have Randy join us at IMPACT on Wednesday, February 15. His talk, \u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022Story Telling: Clear Proof that Scientists Descended from Humans\u0022\u003C\/strong\u003E will be both informative and humorous! Please join for this exciting event in\nLeCraw Auditorium, College of Management, or watch the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.learnitlive.com\/class\/1774\/Randy-Olson\u0022\u003Efree live webcast\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOther\nEvents with Dr. Randy Olson\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to this talk, Dr. Randy Olson will also participate in a screening of his new film \u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy\u0022\u003C\/strong\u003E followed by a panel discussion. More information about this event can be\nfound here:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=107371\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=107371\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERandy Olson\u2019s Bio:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOnce upon a time Randy Olson was a humble, mild-mannered professor\nof marine biology at the University of New Hampshire. But then his brain sort\nof turned inside out and he shifted from scientist to artist. It happened in\nhis first year as a professor. He hit a point where he realized that after\nfifteen years of telling stories OF science he had grown more interested in\ntelling stories ABOUT science. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite his Harvard Ph.D., four years of post-doctoral research in\nAustralia and Florida, and years of diving around the world from the Great\nBarrier Reef to Antarctica, he tossed it all in, resigned from his tenured\nprofessorship and moved to Hollywood to explore film as a medium for\ncommunicating science.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EToday he is an independent filmmaker and\nno longer considers himself a scientist, but is now fluent in the\ntwo languages of science and cinema. In addition to writing and directing his own feature films about major issues in science, he has worked with a variety of clients to assist them with\nthe use of visual media in communicating science to the general public. Through\nhis writings he has both related his\njourney, and continues his\nexploration into the role of storytelling in\nthe mass communication of science.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout\nthe Impact Speaker Series\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business\nleaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and\ngive advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from\n\u0022building a venture around intellectual capital\u0022 to \u0022successful\nentrepreneurship in large organizations\u0022 and \u0022socially responsible\nleadership\u0022. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta\nbusiness community an opportunity to network and learn from successful\nentrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit\nleaders. Events for the series take place in the LeCraw Auditorium in the\nCollege of Management building at 4:30 pm on Wednesdays unless otherwise noted.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe series is free and open to the public, and reservations are not\nrequired.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECosponsors\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERandy Olson\u0027s events at Georgia Tech are hosted by the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneuship and cosponsored by the Center for Biologically Inspired Design. Additional collaborators include the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Students Organizing for Sustainability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERandy Olson, \u0022scientist-turned-filmmaker\u0022 and author of the book \u0022Don\u0027t Be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style,\u0022 will address students, faculty, staff and community members. The talk\nis free and open to the public\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Randy Olson will speak at IMPACT on Wednesday, February 15."}],"uid":"27336","created_gmt":"2012-02-02 11:43:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:57:48","author":"Dori Pap","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-02-15T15:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2012-02-15T16:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-02-15T16:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-02-15 20:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-02-15 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-02-15 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cbid.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Biologically Inspired Design at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/impact.html","title":"IMPACT Speaker Series"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.learnitlive.com\/class\/1774\/Randy-Olson","title":"Webcast provided by Learn it Live"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=107371","title":"Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.sos.gatech.edu\/","title":"Students Organizing for Sustainability"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"}],"groups":[{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3748","name":"communication"},{"id":"2402","name":"film"},{"id":"791","name":"Global Warming"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDori Pap\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}