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The Race to Find America's Missing in Action Using 21st-Century Technologies

Event Type
Film Screening
Sponsor
Center for Advanced Study
Location
Lincoln Hall | Theater Lincoln Hall
Date
Mar 2, 2022   7:00 pm  
Speaker
Pat Scannon and Derek Abbey
Contact
Center for Advanced Study
E-Mail
cas@illinois.edu
Phone
217-333-6729
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Center for Advanced Study

Screening of the documentary To What Remains will be followed by a post-film conversation with Project Recover's Pat Scannon and Derek Abbey

For nearly three decades, Dr. Pat Scannon has been leading volunteer efforts to find America’s missing in action from past wars. Founder of Project Recover, a nonprofit that employs 21st-century technology and academic expertise to bring closure to MIA families, Dr. Scannon will be joined by Project Recover CEO Derek Abbey for a screening of the recently-released documentary “To What Remains” and a post-film conversation about the race to bring MIAs home before the window to find them closes.

Hosted by: Cline Center for Advanced Social Research

Cosponsored by: Center for Advanced Study, Center for Global Studies (LAS), Charles J. and Ethel S. Merriam Lecture Fund, Chez Veterans Center, Department of Anthropology, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures, Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science, Department of Political Science, Illinois Global Institute

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