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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Dr.
Kristin
Shrader-Frechette, the O'Neill Family Professor in the Department of
Philosophy and the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of
Notre Dame and the director of the university's Center for Environmental
Justice and Children's Health, will present the ninth annual
Cornell-Gladstone-Hanlon-Kaufmann Lecture on Environmental Education and
Communication at the SUNY College at Oneonta on Thursday, October 23, at 8
p.m. in the Hunt Union Ballroom on campus. She will speak on the topic of
"Why Nuclear Power Will Not Address Climate Change." Admission to the event
is complimentary, and members of the community are invited to attend.
A lecturer worldwide, Dr. Shrader-Frechette won the 2004 World Technology
Award in Ethics for her work in public-health and environmental ethics,
becoming only the third American to receive the award. She has served as
advisor to many governments and international organizations, including the
United Nations and the World Health Organization. In 2007, Catholic
Digest named her one of 12 "Heroes for the US and the World" because of
her pro-bono environmental justice work with minority and poor communities.
Associate editor of BioScience until 2002 and the author of more
than 350 articles and 15 books or monographs, Dr. Shrader-Frechette is
editor-in-chief of the Oxford University Press monograph series on
Environmental Ethics and Science Policy. She is a member of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board and serves on the
editorial boards of 18 professional journals. She is the Past-President of
the Society for Philosophy and Technology, the Risk Assessment and Policy
Association, and the International Society for Environmental Ethics.
The Cornell-Gladstone-Hanlon-Kaufmann Annual Lectureship on Environmental
Education and Communication was established by Virginia and William Kaufmann
through a gift to the College at Oneonta Foundation in 1999. The lecture
series is named in honor of several families from the Oneonta and Stamford
areas who exemplified an enduring love and appreciation for the natural
resources of the Catskill region. Virginia Kaufmann was a 1944 graduate of
the College at Oneonta.
More information about the Cornell-Gladstone-Hanlon-Kaufmann Lecture is
available from Dr. Thomas Horvath, Director of the
Environmental Sciences
Program at SUNY-Oneonta, at (607) 436-3899.
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