[Geoldept] Fwd: Naomi Oreskes at WWU, April 17

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Subject: 	Naomi Oreskes at WWU, April 17
Date: 	Tue, 25 Feb 2014 19:32:20 +0000
From: 	Tonya Alexander <Tonya.Alexander at wwu.edu>
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CC: 	Jeff Wright <Jeff.Wright at wwu.edu>, David Bover 
<David.Bover at wwu.edu>, Anna Carey <Anna.Carey at wwu.edu>



Please share with faculty/staff in your department. Thanks!

Greetings from Western Reads -

As folks finalize their syllabus and prepare for the coming quarter, we 
wanted to highlight Dr. Namoi Oreskes' visit to Western on *Thursday, 
April 17, 4pm*, VU Multipurpose Room.  Dr. Oreskes' visit is a part of 
the ongoing programming provided by Western Reads in the discussion of 
climate change.  This lecture is provided free of charge to the WWU 
community.

Oreskes' book, */Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists 
Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming/*, 
details how the dangers of many issues in science have been masked by 
"scientific" efforts to confuse the public and our policy leaders. 
"Naomi Oreskes has demonstrated what many of us have long suspected: 
that the 'debate' over the climate crisis--and many other environmental 
issues---was manufactured by the same people who brought you 'safe 
cigarettes.' "Anyone concerned about the state of democracy in America 
should read her book," claims Al Gore.

Additionally, Oreskes has, for the past 20 years, studied the process of 
consensus and dissent in science: How do scientists decide when a fact 
is "established?" How do they judge how much evidence is sufficient to 
deem something scientifically demonstrated? And what happens when 
scientists can't agree? Her work on climate science has been widely 
reviewed in the media.

You can learn more about Oreskes' work and the Western Reads program at: 
http://www.wwu.edu/westernreads/events/spring.shtml#oreskes

Our thanks to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, The Ethics 
Initiative, and the College of Sciences & Technology for their support 
of this lecture.

Please let us know if you have any questions and we hope to see you and 
your students at the April 17 lecture -

Dawn Dietrich, director, Western Reads

Anna Carey, director, New Student Services/Family Outreach



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