Le Moyne College Joins Thousands in Focus the Nation

<p>SYRACUSE, N.Y. (For Immediate Release) … On Thursday, January 31, Le Moyne College will join more than 1,000 other schools, places of worship, civic organizations and businesses in participating in Focus the Nation, an unprecedented teach-in model on global warming solutions.<br /> <br /> There will be a series of faculty and student presentations, panel discussions during the day and an encore showing of "An Inconvenient Truth," all leading up to a keynote address in the evening by distinguished climatologist Dr. Michael Mann of Penn State. <br /> <br /> Highlights of the day include:<br /> <br /> 10 a.m.: "An Inconvenient Truth" screening<br /> <br /> 3 p.m.: “The Good Earth: Religions and the Environment,” a presentation by Professor Mary MacDonald and students Cristie McConnell and Jenna Hantsch<br /> <br /> 4 p.m.: “Energy Resources: What Are They Costing Us?” A discussion of the environmental and economic costs of energy presented by Drs. Harjit Arora and Lawrence Tanner <br /> <br /> 7 p.m.: Premiere of “Le Moyne on Ice,” a new film documenting Le Moyne’s environmental research in Iceland<br /> <br /> 7:30 p.m.: Keynote Lecture by Dr. Michael Mann, Penn State: “Global Warming: The Predictions, The Likely Impacts, and Possible Solutions” <br /> <br /> All events will be held in Grewen Auditorium and are free and open to the public.<br /> <br /> Sponsored by the Le Moyne College Center for the Study of Environmental Change, the Center for Urban and Regional Applied Research, the Le Moyne Lectures Committee, and a generous grant from HSBC.<br /> <br /> To learn more about the national Focus the Nation effort, go to <a href="http://www.focusthenation.org/">http://www.focusthenation.org</a><br /> <br /> For additional information on the day’s events, contact Dr. Lawrence Tanner at 445-4537 or tannerlh@lemoyne.edu.</p>
posted on: 1/14/2008