Camarillo, Calif. Apr. 8 - The Biology and Chemistry Departments of CSU Channel Islands (CI) will present the annual Poe Symposium on Friday, April 16, from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m., in Aliso Hall Auditorium on CI’s campus. The program is entitled, “Climate Change in the 21st Century”. The program is free and open to the public.
Dr. Simone Aloisio, Associate Professor of Chemistry at CI, stated that, “The purpose for the symposium is to educate the campus and community about the ongoing research on the topic of climate change.” The issues of human influence on climate and global warming have been extensively studied in the last decades, adding more data and sophisticated analysis each year.
An impressive line-up of speakers will address the audience. They include California Senator Fran Pavley (Twenty-third District), who authored AB 32 (Global Warming Solution Act); Dr. Spencer Weart, author of The Discovery of Global Warming; Dr. Paul Wennberg, professor of chemistry at of Cal Tech, MacArthur Fellow and Director of the Linde Center for Global Environmental Science; Dr. Joseph Francisco, William E. Moore Distinguished Professor at Purdue University and President of the American Chemical Society; Dr. Healy Hamilton, California Academy of Sciences and Director of the Center for Applied Biodiversity Informatics and Peter Freed, Carbon Offset Project Developer for TerraPass, a company that sells carbon offsets. TerraPass has invested in emissions reduction projects at landfills and dairies across the county to help balance the environmental impact of the symposium.
Seating for the symposium is limited and those wishing to attend are encouraged to pre-register at http://biology.csuci.edu/poe. For information about the event, contact Dr. Simone Aloisio at 805-437-8999 or simone.aloisio@csuci.edu.
Limited parking is available on campus. A daily permit is $6. Free parking is available at the Camarillo Metrolink Station/Lewis Road parking lot in Camarillo with bus service to and from the campus. Riders should board the VISTA Bus to the campus; the fare is $1 each way. Buses arrive and depart from the Camarillo Metrolink Station every 30 minutes from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday. For exact times, check the schedule at www.goventura.org.
The organizers would like to thank the students of Channel Islands for funding the symposium through Instructionally Related Activities.
For media inquiries contact Joanna Murphy, Assistant Director of Communication & Marketing at CSU Channel Islands at 805-437-8915 or joanna.murphy@csuci.edu.
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