08.01.08

Science Cafe — Hurricanes in NC

Posted in Events at 5:59 pm by nes

The August Science Cafe will at Tir Na Nog on Tuesday night August 19th.
*Monster Storms ­ Hurricanes in North Carolina

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 6:30-8:30 p.m. with discussion beginning at 7:00 followed by Q&A

Tir Na Nog 218 South Blount Street, Raleigh, 833-7795 *
We are looking forward to an interesting discussion about tropical storms - we will learn the basics of why hurricanes are unique types of storms and how North Carolina is affected by them (hopefully we won’t have to deal with any of these giant storms in our state this year!)

More info: www.naturalsciences.org/calendar/scicafe.html

07.28.08

TriLUG: Panel discussion on women in technology

Posted in Events at 10:45 am by nes

The next  Triangle Linux Users Group meeting will be devoted to a panel discussion on women in technology
Moderator: Janet Babin of the Marketplace Innovations Desk at WUNC.

Thursday, August 14, 7:00
RedHat building on the NCSU Centennial Campus

More info: http://www.trilug.org/aug2008

07.21.08

Lectures on health care and policy

Posted in Events at 4:15 pm by nes

The Chapel Hill branch has passed along information about a lecture series on Thursday evenings in Chapel Hill:

Our Community, Our Health Care, Our Vote

Dates are: 8/28, 9/18, 9/25, 10/30

Registration deadline is 8/14.

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is first come-first served on a space-available basis.

See this flyer for more information: Flyer on Our Community, Our Health Care, Our Vote

07.15.08

Women’s Equality Day Celebration

Posted in Events at 10:42 am by nes

Again this year, the Wake County League of Women Voters will sponsor Women’s Equality Day Celebration:

Tuesday, August 26
5:30 -7:30
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall
3313 Wade Ave.

For more information, see www.lwvwake.org (especially their August 2008 newsletter).