U of M State Fair schedule for Tuesday, Aug. 30

Department of Civil Engineering to demonstrate interactive earthquake simulations

Learn about earthquakes, eye donation and more Tuesday, Aug. 30, at the University of Minnesota’s main State Fair building. Fairgoers are invited to visit the building and stage, located at the corner of Dan Patch Avenue and Underwood Street, Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Visitors can get a printout of the ground motion that they generate at the College of Science and Engineering’s interactive booth and learn about how the vibrations created compare to a real earthquake. Also, people can learn how one person can help up to 10 others through eye donation and transplantation and find out about current research projects that study diseases like macular degeneration.

Tuesday’s stage and booth highlights include:

On the U of M stage

10 a.m. Alumni Band
10:30 a.m. Women’s Tennis
11 a.m. Athletic director Joel Maturi
11:30 a.m. Men’s Gymnastics
Noon Rowing
12:30 p.m. Men’s Hockey
1:15 p.m. Swimming and Diving
1:45 p.m. Women’s Basketball
2:15 p.m. Soccer
2:45 p.m. Men’s Track and Field
3:15 p.m. Women’s Track and Field
3:45 p.m. Alumni Band

Booth highlights

Pediatric Endocrinology (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.):
Focused on pediatric diabetes, this booth will engage the public with educational questions about anatomy, pancreatic function, diabetes (type 1 diabetes in particular), epidemiology and demographics. www.med.umn.edu/peds/endocrin.

Healthy Foods/Healthy Lives Institute (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.):
The Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute will display information about food, health and agriculture research taking place at the U of M. Visitors will receive info on the annual research and practice symposium hosted by the institute in the fall 2012; innovative community and university projects that have been funded by the institute; and public engagement projects co-sponsored by the institute. Come spin our food and nutrition wheel to win prizes and learn more about food and issues that concern you. www.hfhl.umn.edu.

Clinical Neurosciences (3 to 9 p.m.):
Experience the power of academic medicine in caring for your brain at the University of Minnesota, through quality, compassionate care and medical breakthroughs in research. Stop by to tour healthy and diseased brains, gain knowledge about the neurosciences and "spin the wheel" to win a prize. www.med.umn.edu/cnc.

For a complete schedule of Tuesday’s stage and booth programs, visit www.statefair.umn.edu/schedule-20110830.html.

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