For Immediate Release
March 29, 2010

Cañada College and Genentech to Host NanoDays at the San Mateo Public Library

NanoDays will be held March 31 and April 1.

Cañada College, the Genentech Foundation Biotechnology Learning Center, and the San Mateo Public Library will sponsor "NanoDays in the Library." on Wednesday, March 31 and Thursday, April 1. NanoDays will engage people of all ages in a miniscule world where materials have special properties and new technologies have spectacular promise. NanoDays will combine simple-hands-on activities for young people and events exploring current research for adults.

Activities and demonstrations will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on March 21 and 2 to 4 p.m. on April 1. Tobi Betz, associate director of the Center for Probing the Nanoscale at Stanford University, will give an overview of what nanotechnology is, why it is important, the tools nanotechnologists use, and how this field of science affects everyone. Betz's lecture will begin at 4 p.m. on April 1.

"NanoDays in the Library" is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. All events are free and will be held at the San Mateo Public Library, 55 West Third Ave., San Mateo.

For more information, contact Robert Hood, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, at hoodr@smccd.edu or 306-3340