Science & the univerCity
Bringing the excitement of things happening in science, math and technology to the public, through a series of lectures delivered by College faculty, is the goal of our new Science and the univerCity lecture series. This series, introduced last year, is a program of lectures presented in downtown Bellingham locations. Through this effort we attempt to communicate Western’s interest in informing and educating the public to some of the critical issues facing our society today. And by choosing off-campus locations for the lectures, we have made the lectures easier for many in the community to attend.
Physics professor Brad Johnson presented the first lecture, Nanotechnology: Whats so Big About Small to an overflow audience at the Bellingham Library. This was followed in February by chemistry professor Mark Bussell’s talk, Oil? Get Over It – One Chemists Road Map to Our Post Petroleum Future and in April by biology professor David Hooper’s presentation, The Good, the Bad and the Beauty: How Changing Biodiversity Affects You. By partnering with the City of Bellingham we were able to use the city council chambers for the last two talks. In addition to giving us an excellent venue, the City videotaped the talks for repeat presentation during the following months on the City TV channel, BTV10. This was an exciting development, allowing our talks to reach a large community audience.
The Science and the univerCity program, along with our other new program, Wizards @ Western, were so well received by the community that the College has been able to get private sponsorship for this year's programs and is now considering offering them to audiences in Bellingham’s surrounding communities.
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