National TV Show Daily Planet to Visit Trent University April 1 & 2

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Internationally-Acclaimed Science Show to Feature Trent’s New Crime Scene House and Forensic Science Program

Tuesday, March 31, 2009, Peterborough

Media Opportunity Media are invited to meet the producers of Daily Planet and “Science and the City” host Alan Nursall on Wednesday, April 1 at 10:30 a.m. on the lower level of Gzowski College. Contact Brittany Cadence at 748-1011, ext. 6185 for more details.

Trent University’s renowned Forensic Science program and new crime scene house have caught the attention of Discovery Channel’s critically-acclaimed science show, Daily Planet.

The internationally-acclaimed television program will be on Trent campus this Wednesday, April 1 and Thursday, April 2 taping five instalments of their popular “Science and the City” segment featuring experiments developed collaboratively with faculty and students from Trent’s Forensic Science program. Each experiment is designed to explain the scientific principles behind various procedures and processes used in forensics in a fun and interactive way. Daily Planet will also be taping a segment for their Green Week special showing Trent students how to make power-free iPod speakers.

The segments filmed at Trent are expected to be broadcast later in the spring. Daily Planet is Discovery Channel Canada's flagship daily science magazine show about the science of everyday life.

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For further information, please contact Brittany Cadence, communications officer at (705) 748-1011, ext. 6185.