Cancer Center members often speak to student and community groups about cancer biology, specific cancers, and cancer research. Members who are willing to be asked to speak in a community setting, or to participate in a Cancer U program or the Masonic Cancer Center's annual exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota should contact Outreach Director Marva Bohen, R.N., bohen001@umn.edu, 612-624-2620.

Recent speaking engagements in the community have included:

• Chris Pennell, Ph.D., spoke about cancer biology and therapy in a talk titled "Good Cells Gone Bad" at Bloomington Kennedy High School November 21, 2006.
• Marva Bohen, R.N., spoke about cancer at a community education program at Waite Park Community School in Minneapolis November 28 and for a group of African immigrants at a high rise in Minneapolis on the same date; she gave another presentation for a group of African immigrants at another Minneapolis high rise on December 11, 2006.
• Doug Yee, M.D. (breast cancer), David Perdue, M.D. (colorectal cancer), and Rahel Ghebre, M.D. (cervical cancer), spoke at a program December 2, 2006, at the Division of Indian Work in Minneapolis.