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Climate Change Online Event for Students - On April 21, 2006, Earth Day Network will host a live online chat during which high school and college students can pose questions to a panel of climate change experts (David Battisti of the University of Washington, John Harte of the University of California at Berkeley, John Reilly of MIT, and Dan Schrag of Harvard University).

Watch the chat live online or download a video and transcript at a later date. For more information, please visit http://www.earthday.net/news/LiveChat.aspx.



16th Annual Long Island Sound Summit - Climate Change and Long Island Sound: The Heat is On

Saturday, April 8, 2006 at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center, Bridgeport, CT

This day-long conference will explore the impacts of global warming on Long Island Sound.  Student registration fee (including continental breakfast and lunch) is only $20.

For registration and speaker information, contact Liz Kowalski (203-787-0646 or lkowalski@cfenv.org).




Natural Sciences Lecture Series
(Spring 2006)

All talks are held at 6:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center
(call 914-251-6631 for more information)
 

Tuesday, February 7th

Thomas Murray (President of Hastings Center for Bioethics Research)

The Ethics of Biomedical Enhancement: What Can Performance Enhancing Drugs in the Olympics Teach Us About Cognitive Enhancement?
 

Tuesday, March 7th

Chris Mooney (author)

The Republican War on Science
 

Tuesday, April 18th

Steve Olson (author of Mapping Human History)

In Search of Our Common Origins
 

 




2006 Natural Sciences Student Symposium

This forum for student research for their Senior Project will be held on April 29th this year (9:00-1:30).  The Symposium is modeled on annual meetings held by scientific research societies.  Talks are 15 minutes, plus 5 minutes for questions.  The public is invited (call 914-251-6631 for info).