Connect; Virginia Scharff, Eva Chi, Yasamin Mostofi

KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.) · January 19, 2012

Inspired thinking, provocative questions… Each month we connect audiences to great ideas in science, medicine, arts, history... Connect debuts this month with an all-star line-up featuring an interview with historian Professor Virginia Scharff who recently wrote, The Women Jefferson Loved. Throughout his life, Thomas Jefferson constructed a seemingly impenetrable wall between his public legacy and his private life. Dr. Scharff breaks down the barrier between these two spheres to offer an intriguing new portrait of this complicated and influential figure, seen through the lives of the most important people in his life: the women he loved. Dr. Scharff weighs in on the controversial question of whether Jefferson had children with his slaves. The Women Jefferson Loved has been described as “eye-opening” and that it "Opens a window to the heart and soul of one of our nation's founders." Dr. Eva Chi shares her groundbreaking research into finding a cure for Alzheimers as she seeks answers for what causes proteins to go bad in the brain. And, recipient of President Obama’s Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, Dr. Yasamin Mostofi looks to the future and answers the question of how we get robots to think for themselves. Connect will be broadcast Thursday January 19th at 7pm on KNME and Sunday January 22 at 5pm on KNMD. Host: Augusta Meyers. Guests: Virginia Scharff, Ph.D. (Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Southwest, University of New Mexico), Eva Chi, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico), Yasamin Mostofi, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico). Produced by New Mexico PBS, each month Connect shares the inspired thinking and innovative research of the University of New Mexico.