UNC symposium for N.C. high school students to focus on climate change
| February 23, 2005 | |
| CHAPEL HILL — “Global Climate Change: Human Causes and Human Responses,” the second University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Science Spectrum Symposium, will be held on the UNC campus from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. April 6.The free symposium brings N.C. high school students to UNC for high-level classroom and lab experiences. N.C. high-school teachers may register on a first-come, first-served basis by contacting Sue Klapper at (919) 966-3987 or sklapper@email.unc.edu. Space is limited; interested teachers are encouraged to respond no later than March 16.
“Global Climate Change: Human Causes and Human Responses” will focus on how scientists study and model the phenomena of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and climate change, how they predict the effects of this change on human and ecosystem health and how policy-makers use these predictions to design responses to climate change. As part of this overview, the symposium will look at how the Earth’s climate has changed in the past and how societies have responded to these changes. Speakers for the event include Jane Preyer, director of the N.C. Chapter of Environmental Defense, and the following, from UNC: 7 Dr. Tony Waldrop, vice chancellor for research and economic development; 7 Dr. Doug Crawford-Brown, professor of environmental sciences and engineering and of public policy; 7 Dr. Carole Crumley, professor of anthropology; 7 Dr. Joel Kingsolver, William Rand Kenan Jr. professor of biology; 7 Dr. David McNelis, research professor in the Carolina Environmental Program and the department of environmental sciences and engineering; 7 Dr. Peter Robinson, professor of geography; and 7 Dr. William Stott, research associate professor in the Carolina Environmental Program. Crawford-Brown, who is chairing the symposium, directs UNC’s Carolina Environmental Program. McNelis is the deputy director. The event is presented by UNC’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions, co-sponsored by the Carolina Environmental Program and supported by a gift from Cherokee Investment Partners of Raleigh and UNC alumnus Tim Toben of Chapel Hill. UNC’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center administer a Web site, www.admissions.unc.edu/sciencecarolina/, where middle and high school students can find information on the latest research and science majors at UNC, links to other science sites and more. UNC’s Carolina Environmental Program is a multidisciplinary initiative dedicated to addressing factors that build an environmentally sustainable society. The program offers majors in environmental science and environmental studies within the College of Arts and Sciences and environmental health science within the School of Public Health; fosters collaborative research on large-scale environmental challenges; and provides technical assistance, training and up-to-date information on environmental issues to N.C. communities.
Office of Undergraduate Admissions contact: Sue Klapper, (919) 966-3987 or sklapper@email.unc.edu News Services contact: Deb Saine, (919) 962-8415 or deborah_saine@unc.edu For further information please contact Emily Smith either by phone at 919.966.8498 or by email at emily_smith@unc.edu |
