UMW’s Summer Science Institute Honors Irene Piscopo Rodgers, Science Center Celebrates 8th Anniversary

UMW's Summer Science Institute names honors Irene Piscopo Rodgers '59. Science Center celebrates 8th anniversary with Summer Fest. Plus, groundbreaking discoveries about the most powerful gamma ray burst ever detected and the bacteria that trigger a sex change in wasps.

Sources:
https://www.umw.edu/news/2024/07/26/umws-summer-science-institute-naming-honors-irene-piscopo-rodgers-59/
https://www.hfchronicle.com/2024/07/26/science-center-celebrates-8th-anniversary-with-summer-fest/
https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/it-gave-me-goosebumps-most-powerful-gamma-ray-burst-ever-detected-hid-a-secret-scientists-say
https://www.livescience.com/animals/scientists-finally-unravel-how-a-zombie-parasite-turns-every-wasp-in-a-population-into-a-female

Outline:
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:00:46) UMW’s Summer Science Institute Naming Honors Irene Piscopo Rodgers ’59
(00:03:01) Science Center celebrates 8th anniversary with Summer Fest
(00:05:44) 'It gave me goosebumps': Most powerful gamma ray burst ever detected hid a secret, scientists say
(00:08:53) These bacteria trigger a sex change in wasps — scientists finally know how