UConn ECE Plant Science Workshop 9-21-18
Date and time
Location
University of Connecticut Storrs
Advanced Technology Laboratory (ATL) Building Room 109 Storrs, CT 06269Description
On Friday, September 21st UConn Early College Experience and the UConn Plant Science department invite all certified UConn ECE Plant Science instructors to attend the annual professional development workshop.
Please park in the NORTH parking garage walk to ATL 109 (by the Dairy Bar). If you need assistance getting from the garage to ATL (or ATL to the garage at the end of the day), please check the UConn bus schedule at https://transpo.uconn.edu/ or schedule a ride with the University's Accessible Van Service https://transpo.uconn.edu/blank/van-service/. Both services are free of charge. Bring your ticket from the garage for a validation stamp. If you park elsewhere you may be ticketed or towed. For a map please see: www.maps.uconn.edu.
Tentative Agenda
8:30am -9:00
Registration and Welcome
9:00-10:30
“Current methods in plant genetic engineering and their implication for environmental safety.”
11:00-12:30pm
“Regulation of genetically engineered plants in the U.S.: Updates and a case study for alfalfa.”
12:30-1:30
Lunch
1:30-3:00pm
“How plants sense and respond to their environmental challenges: Tropisms and movement.”
3:00
Closing Comments
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UConn Early College Experience (ECE) is a concurrent enrollment program that allows motivated high school students to take UConn courses at their high schools for both high school and college credit. Every course taken through UConn ECE is equivalent to the same course at the University of Connecticut. Students benefit by taking college courses in a setting that is both familiar and conducive to learning.
High school instructors who have been certified through the University of Connecticut teach UConn ECE courses.
Established in 1955, UConn Early College Experience is the nation's longest running concurrent enrollment program and is nationally accredited by The National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP).