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To celebrate National Science Week from 14–22 August, The University of Western Australia is hosting a number of public and schools events. Some include:

Tuning In: Friday 13 August – Saturday 21 August, various times and venues including Lakeside Joondalup Shopping Centre and Centro Northgate, Geraldton.  Astronomers and science communicators from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research will help the public of WA ‘tune in' to radio astronomy and explain why WA is one of the few places in the world suited to this ground-breaking science.

Scinema Film Festival: Sunday 15 August ( UWA Open Day ) and weekdays to 20 August, UWA Science Library Foyer.  Every day will feature short science dramas and documentaries.

Anatomy, Art and the Skull: Monday 16 August – Sunday 22 August, Art Gallery of WA. Facial reconstruction expert Dr Susan Hayes of UWA's School of Anatomy and Human Biology will guide participants through the main stages of the process.  This event is fully booked.

Guys Talking Science: Wednesday 18 August, 9.45–11.45am, Winthrop Hall UWA.  Arctic explorer and environmental scientist Tim Jarvis and top male scientists from the State's universities, the CSIRO, Engineers Australia, Kings Park and Botanic Gardens, Perth Zoo and the WA Museum will join 200 Year 9 - 11 students to talk about what inspired them to take up science and where their career has taken them.  Bookings required.

Science Café for Girls: Wednesday 18 August, 12.30–2.30pm, Winthrop Hall UWA.  WA's Chief Scientist, Professor Lyn Beazley, and other top WA female scientists from the State's universities, the CSIRO, Engineers Australia, Kings Park and Botanic Gardens, Perth Zoo and the WA Museum will join 200 Year 9 - 11 students. This event is fully booked.

Stripping Down Science - Schools lecture by the Naked Scientist, Dr Chris Smith: Friday 20 August, 1pm, Social Sciences Lecture Theatre, UWA.  Join Dr Smith, founder of the Naked Scientists and a clinical lecturer in virology at Cambridge University as he tests the usefulness of a chocolate teapot, measures the speed of a sneeze and finds out how fat you'd have to be to stop a bullet with your belly.  Dr Smith's popular radio show is one of the world's most downloaded podcasts.  Bookings required.

Bookings for UWA events may be made via UWA's Science Week website.

Media references

Jenni Wallis (Marketing Manager, Life and Physical Sciences)  (+61 8)  6488 3263
Janine MacDonald (UWA Public Affairs)  (+61 8)  6488 5563  /  (+61 4) 32 637 716