Jurassic Park Advisor, Paleontologist Jack Horner to Speak at IMSA

For Immediate Release, December 2002
For comment, contact Brenda Buschbacher at (630) 907-5033

MEDIA ADVISORY: Photography and videotape and audiotape recording of   the lecture is permitted. If   you would like to attend, please contact Brenda Buschbacher. Media will be required to wear an IMSA press badge (can be obtained at front desk).

AURORA - Noted paleontologist Jack Horner will present Dinosaur Science in the 21st Century at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) on Wednesday, January 22 at 7:00 pm. in the auditorium.    Mr. Horner also will sign copies of his book, Dinosaurs Under the Big Sky at a reception immediately following the lecture.

In the lecture Horner will discuss recent dinosaur discoveries in Montana and new technological methods that are advancing dinosaur science.   Horner will also explain how fast dinosaurs grew, how long they lived, what their skin was like, how fast they ran, and whether they are more birdlike than previously thought.

Horner is Curator of Paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana.   He is credited with finding the first dinosaur eggs and embryos in the Western Hemisphere.   In addition, he has published influential theories on colonial nesting and advanced social behavior among certain dinosaur species. Horner also served as technical advisor on Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park and The Lost World films.

Contact The Center@IMSA at (630) 907-5921 or email IMSA at greatminds@imsa.edu for details.   Admission at the door is $10.00 for adults, $6.00 for seniors and free for K-12 students.

This lecture is a IMSA Great Minds Program® event and is made possible in part by a grant from the Tellabs Foundation. The IMSA Great Minds Program® is shared with students and teachers throughout Illinois and the nation through Seminars, Dialogues, Community Lectures, online chat groups and the IMSA Great Minds Program® website:
wwwimsaedu/programs/greatminds/

The Tellabs Foundation was established by Tellabs, a global communications equipment manufacturer based in Naperville, Illinois.   The Foundation's primary focus is to support programs in priority areas of education, health & wellness, and the environment.

More information about the Tellabs Foundation can be found at www.tellabs.com .

Located in Aurora, Illinois, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy is an internationally-recognized pioneering educational institution created by the State to develop talent and stimulate excellence in teaching and learning in mathematics, science and the technology. IMSA's advanced residential college preparatory program enrolls 650 academically talented Illinois students in grades 10-12. More than 14,000 teachers and 20,000 students in Illinois and beyond have benefited from IMSA's professional development and enrichment programs. IMSA serves the people of Illinois through innovative instructional programs, public and private partnerships, policy leadership and action research.