PSU Magazine Summer 1990

l The Science, Technology and Society 1990-91 Lecture Series B right , fasc inating and provocative scienti sts from around the world are again coming to Portl and thi s fa ll fo r the ;'Science, Technology and Society Speakers Series. " Last year's debut series showca ed evolutionary biolog ist Stephen Jay Gould , astrophysicist Philip Morri son and anthropologist Jane Goodall, to name a few. The 1990-9 1 speakers series promises the same mixture of intellectual energy and controversial research . The lectures begin September 22 wi th PBS sc ience writer James Burke and con– tinue through May with fi ve other speakers (including one yet unnamed). Each evening presentation should last approx imate ly two hours and include a question and answer format. Season tickets can be purchased in July through the Institute for Science , Engineer– ing and Public Policy on campus, 725-4788. Indi vidual tickets go on sale in September through the Portland Center for Performing Arts Box Office and other outlets. The speakers series is sponsored by the Institute for Science , Engineering and Public Po licy, the University and Public Broadcasting Services. James Burke 2040: THE WORLD AFTER GLOBAL WARMING, September 22, 1990, 7:30 p .m ., Civic Auditorium The eccentric but fasc inating British sc ience writer James Burke is best known to American audi– ences as the author and host of the PBS series "Connections" and "The Day the Universe Changed." Both explored the complex relation between technology and western soc iety. Burke gai ned initial fame as the British Broadcasting Company 's sc ience correspondent covering the U.S. Apo llo Moon Program in the 1970s. Richard Leakey CONSERVATION: SAVE THE ELEPHANTS , October 18, 1990, 7:30 p. m ., Civic Auditorium Richard E. Leakey, who was recently appointed Mini ster for Wildlife in Kenya, has become one of the most important voices in the world on global wildlife po licy. The son of two of the leading anthropologists of the 20th century, Mary and Louis Leakey, Richard Leakey is a ground-breaking anthropologist in hi s own right. He di scovered the three-million year old remains of the first tool maker, homo habilis. Jeremy Rifkin TOWARD A GREEN LIFESTYLE, November 15, 1990, 7:30 p.m., Civic Auditorium Jeremy Rifkin, author of a half-dozen technology-rel ated books, is irasc ible and controversial. He has challenged the sc ientific community on the assessment of the cost/benefi t analysis of geneuc engineering, and is suing the Environmental Protection Agency to force companies to register env ironmental impact statements before releas ing newl y engineered organisms into the environment. Robert Ornstein NEW WORLD, NEW MIND, March 7, 1991, 7:30 p .m., Civic Auditorium Robert Ornste in is one of the top psycholog ists writing today. He prov ides profound insights into the intimate relation between the phys iology of percep– tion and the psychol– ocry of consciousness. Hi s recent book, c~-authored with environmentali st Paul Ehrlish, New World, Neiv Mind, call s fo r a fund amental redesign of our soc iety and our li festyle based on what we have learned about ourselves during the last 50 years of research in the human sciences. Silvia Earle WHAT PRICE OCEANS? , April 4, 1991, 7:30 p.m., Civic Auditorium A marine scienti st with ex tensive world– wide fie ld experience , Si lvia Earle has led more than 50 ex ped i– tions and logged over 5 ,000 hours under water. She has been dubbed "Her Deep– ness" by New Yorker magazine, and was one of the first sc ienti sts called on to exam ine wildlife when the Exxon Valdez ran aground . Earle is a keen observer of emergi ng policy issues arisi ng from the increased commer– cialization of the ocean's limited resources . D PSU 13