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– April 18, 2002Posted in: Current News

Final earth
science lecture April 25
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The final lecture
in the Public Lecture Series in Earth Sciences will examine
what technological, political and economic factors may influence
how society reacts to predicted climate changes.

Neal Lane, university professor and senior fellow at the
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, will speak
at 7 p.m. April 25 in James A. Baker III Hall.

Lane has been at the forefront of assessing the interplay
between global change research and public policy for the
last decade. He returned to Rice in January 2001 after serving
under President Clinton as assistant to the president for
science and technology. Lane also is a former director of
the National Science Foundation. Widely regarded as a distinguished
scientist and educator, Lane has written about theoretical
atomic and molecular physics and science and technology
policy.

Rice students, faculty and staff who plan to attend the
lecture should R.S.V.P. by calling (713) 348-5794.

This lecture series is sponsored by the Department of Earth
Science and the Baker Institute, with administrative assistance
from the Environmental and Energy Systems Institute.

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