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Science Café today - "Harm Reduction: Intravenous drug use solutions in SLO County"

Join the conversation at Cal Poly Science Café - Today!
May 4th - 3:30 PM
(refreshments & informal conversation at 3:00 p.m.)
Where: Cal Poly Kennedy Library, 2nd Floor Café Lounge

"Harm Reduction: Intravenous drug use solutions in SLO County"
What is Harm Reduction? The term refers to a set of practical strategies that reduce negative consequences of drug use, incorporating a spectrum of strategies from safer use, to managed use to abstinence. Harm reduction strategies meet people who use drugs "where they're at," addressing conditions of use along with the use itself, such as distributing "Overdose Prevention Kits."
Because harm reduction demands that interventions and policies designed to serve people who use drugs reflect specific individual and community needs, there is no universal definition of, or formula for, implementing harm reduction.

We'll hear from a Cal Poly Biological Sciences faculty/student research team who evaluated a needle-exchange program, approved by SLO County Board of Supervisors, administered by SLO County Public Health department, funded by HIV/AIDS prevention money, and run by volunteers. Having lost external funding, the local exchange still operates relying on private funding and volunteer support. Perspectives on local harm reduction strategies and global issues will be shared by Cal Poly's research team to spark a conversation about this practical approach to living with drug use.

Community members, including physicians, clinical health administrators, and volunteers for action will attend to provide current perspectives on ongoing strategies related to Harm Reduction in the Central Coast.

See you at Science Café!

Introducing "The Forum" at Cal Poly

We know you are anxiously awaiting our next Café, Bionics: Merging Man and Machine on April 15th at 3:00 p.m. Earlier that same week, you might be interested in attending this new program on campus! The Forum is a new student club and this event is co-sponsored by the Robert E. Kennedy Library

When: April 10, 11, & 12 from 7-9pm
Where: Spanos Theatre, Cal Poly

Taking place during the beginning of spring quarter, The Forum is a first-of-its-kind event that brings speakers, students, faculty, and community members together to discuss important issues in:
-Arts & Music
-Culture & Society
-Science
-Technology
-Philosophy

Our theme for this year asks, “What does it mean to be human?” and explores answers to this question through a series of speaker talks followed by Q & A and discussion.

Email your questions to: info@theforumatpoly.com
Call with your questions: (805) 242-1363
Visit the Website: http://www.theforumatpoly.com 
Check out the facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/theforumatpoly

See you at Science Café!

Bionics: Merging Man and Machine -- April 15th

Join Cal Poly Science Café on April 15th, 2011, 3:30 p.m. (refreshments and informal conversation begin at 3 p.m.)

Featured Speaker: Alumnus Russ Angold (BRAE '00) Berkeley Bionics co-founder/Chief Technical Officer (In photo, credit Berkeley Bionics, wearing HULC)

Technology has reached a point where we can now effectively merge man and machine. We call these Bionic devices Exoskeletons and have designed devices to help augment a soldier's ability (HULC) as well as a device that allows paraplegics to standup and walk again (eLEGS).

What will be the future implication of these Bionic suits? How will they integrate into everyday life?

Visit Cal Poly Science Café web page or Cal Poly Science Café on facebook for more information.

The Big C: Cancer in the 21st Century

Friday, January 28th, 2011 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
(Informal Conversation & Refreshments begin at 1 p.m.)

Featured Faculty:
Dr. Elena Keeling, Professor of Biological Sciences
Dr. Jane Lehr, Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies

Cancer is everywhere, and almost everyone has experienced cancer on a personal level. Join community and faculty experts to share basic information and images about the biology of cancer, its context, and its social and environmental causes in the 21st century. Facilitated and informal conversation will stimulate written and verbal questions to be addressed in conversation.

Alumni Moderator: Michelle Beam, Cal Poly 2010 (B.S. Microbiology)

Sponsored by: Colleges Against Cancer, Cal Poly Department of Biological Sciences College of Science and Mathematics Ambassadors, American Medical Student Association

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