CLSE faculty and staff will be serving on the panels!  Our esteemed Director, Caroline Breitenberger, Susan Fisher, Kate Mollohan and Erik Rothacker will be panelists in this discussion.  Please join us!

The Gateway Film Center will host five discussions through May each taking place directly after a 7:00 or 7:30 p.m. Thursday or Friday screening of one of the month’s biggest blockbusters.

Thursday May 1 – The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Hero Fact Vs Fiction
Comic book experts and scientists duke it out over questions like what really happens if you’re bitten by a genetically-engineered spider? Will we ever be able to wall-crawl and swing through the city on our own webs? The panel will be hosted in the lounge by Caroline Breitenberger, Katherine Mollohan, Susan Fisher, Jamie and Teresa Colgrove, and Dr. Rob Pyatt.
(TIME: directly following the 7 p.m. screening of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2)

Friday May 9 – Spider-Man 2: The Downright Shocking Truth about Electro!
Is it possible for humans to control electricity? Truth is we already have electric currents running through our bodies. How can we harness that power?! The panel will be hosted in the lounge by Andrew Berger, Howard Yu, David Pignotti, Matt Steinpreis, Dan Mushalko, Jamie and Teresa Colgrove, and Dr. Rob Pyatt.
(TIME: directly following the 7:30 p.m. screening of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2")

Friday May 16 – Godzilla: The Monstrosities of Science
From Frankenstein to Godzilla, what horrors hath science wrought!? Join us for a look at how movies have viewed of science's monstrous potential over the years. The panel will be hosted in the lounge by Aaron Adair, Phil Garrett, Hope Madden, Dan Mushalko, Jamie and Teresa Colgrove, and Dr. Rob Pyatt.
(TIME: directly following the 7:30 p.m. screening of "Godzilla")

Friday, May 23rd - X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST: The Science of Mutation
Can genetic mutations really lead to the things we see in the X-Men universe? What types of "mutants" came before us, and what’s the next evolutionary step? The panel will be hosted in the lounge by Erik Rothacker, Phil Garrett, Dan Mushalko, Jamie and Teresa Colgrove, and Dr. Rob Pyatt.
(TIME: directly following the 7:30 p.m. screening of "X-Men: Days of Future Past")

Friday, May 30th - Science of Super Heroes Debate: What's More Important Fact or Fiction? The panel will be hosted in the lounge by Sam Handelman, Matt Swift, Jared Gardner, Dan Mushalko, Jamie and Teresa Colgrove, and Dr. Rob Pyatt.
(TIME: directly following the 7:30 p.m. screening of "X-Men: Days of Future Past)

Panelists and moderators include: WCBE’s Science Emporium host Dan Mushalko, CCAD’s Phil Garrett, Jamie and Teresa Colgrove of Packrat Comics, Columbus Underground’s Hope Madden, molecular geneticists Dr. Rob Pyatt and Dr. Erik Rothacker, entomologist Dr. Susan Fisher, and a host of OSU physicists, pop culture experts, and more.