{"id":2614,"date":"2018-03-23T09:48:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T13:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2018-03-23T09:51:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T13:51:12","slug":"mu-professor-speaks-to-local-boy-scouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=2614","title":{"rendered":"MU Chemistry Professor Speaks to Local Boy Scouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014<\/strong>Gregory Carson, associate professor of Chemistry at Mansfield<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2615\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?attachment_id=2615\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/greg-c.jpg?fit=1778%2C1800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1778,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1456760088&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;45&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"greg c\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/greg-c.jpg?fit=469%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/greg-c.jpg?fit=1011%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2615\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/greg-c.jpg?resize=250%2C253\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/greg-c.jpg?resize=790%2C800&amp;ssl=1 790w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/greg-c.jpg?resize=768%2C778&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/greg-c.jpg?resize=1011%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1011w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/greg-c.jpg?resize=450%2C456&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/greg-c.jpg?resize=600%2C607&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/greg-c.jpg?w=1778&amp;ssl=1 1778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/> University, participated in a question and answer session with Webelo 1 Den of Cub Scout Pack 2106 in Mansfield on March 14.<\/p>\n<p>The Cub Scout group is starting the \u201cAdventures in Science\u201d elective and, as part of that elective, they are required to conduct a question and answer session with a scientist.<\/p>\n<p>Carson answered questions during the hour-long session which touched on topics ranging from black holes, white holes, cloning, bringing back the dinosaurs, and various other topics in biology, chemistry and physics.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about studying Chemistry and Physics at MU, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/mansfield.edu\/chemistry-physics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mansfield.edu\/chemistry-physics\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014Gregory Carson, associate professor of Chemistry at Mansfield University, participated in a question and answer session with Webelo 1 &hellip; 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