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2008-2009 at Furman was designated as the Year of the Sciences!
Special events and activities featured lectures by distinguished scholars, presentations by alumni, and sessions featuring undergraduate research accomplishments. Academic departments engaged in teaching and research in scientific disciplines were represented: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences (EES), Health & Exercise Science (HES), Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology. |
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Public Science Literacy in the 21st Century
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Thurs., April 2, 2009, 8pm
Younts Conference Center |
"Public Science Literacy in the 21st Century"
Speaker: Leon M. Lederman
(1988 Nobel Laureate in Physics) |
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The global warming environmental crisis emphasizes a crucial need for the public to have a far better grasp of modern science and technology than is provided in the high schools and colleges of the nation. This is essential so that the public can be active collaborators in the battle to protect and maintain clean air and water. Meanwhile valuable time is being lost due to
ignorance of the true level of the threat to our environment.
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| Leon Lederman |
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Leon M. Lederman, internationally renowned high-energy physicist, is Director Emeritus of Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois and holds an appointment as Pritzker Professor of Science at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. He is Resident Scholar and a founder of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Illinois. He has served as President and Chairman of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, is a member of the National Academy of Science, and has received numerous awards, including the National Medal of Science (1965), the Elliot Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute (1976), the Wolf Prize in Physics (1982), the Nobel Prize in Physics (1988), the Enrico Fermi Prize given by President Clinton in 1993, the Abelson Prize of the AAAS (2000), the AIP Compton Medal for leadership in physics (2005), and the University of Chicago William Benton Medal for Distinguished Public Service (2008).
Lederman has also worked tirelessly to improve science education. He is a founder and the inaugural Resident Scholar at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, a 3-year residential public high school for the gifted. He recently served as co-chair of the NSB Commission on 21st Century Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
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