WEDNESDAY the 30th
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Dinner with Nina V. Fedoroff
Special Adviser to the U.S. Department of State
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Term of Appointment: 08/06/2007 to present
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Tuesday, March 29th
6-8pm
The White House, at East Wheelock
Taste of Africa Served
**Sponsored by Dartmouth Council on Climate Change**
RSVP required
Dr. Fedoroff is a leading geneticist and molecular biologist who has contributed to the development of modern techniques used to study and modify plants. She received her Ph.D. in molecular biology from the Rockefeller University in 1972. In 1978, she became a staff member at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and a faculty member in the Biology Department at Johns Hopkins University. In 1995, Dr. Fedoroff joined the faculty of the Pennsylvania State University, where she served as the founding director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences.
Dr. Fedoroff has done fundamental research in the molecular biology of plant genes and transposons, as well on the mechanisms plants use to adapt to stressful environments. Her book, Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist's View of Genetically Modified Foods, published in 2004 by the Joseph Henry Press of the National Academy of Science, examines the scientific and societal issues surrounding the introduction of genetically modified crops.
THURSDAY PANEL
AD FONTES FORUM
4:30-6:30 PM
The Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science (DUJS) is planning a student-run lecture program called the Ad Fontes Forum that is scheduled to take place on March 31, 2011 in Moore Theater at the Hopkins Center from 4:30 to 6:30pm.
The Ad Fontes Forum is intended to engage undergraduates in issues of current, global relevance. The 2011 forum will showcase a panel of leaders of industry, food policy experts, and activists to explore the controversy behind genetically engineered crops as well as their political, human, and economic impacts. The potential of this technology to feed a more populous, climate-changing world will also be considered.
We have secured the necessary funds for the forum and have confirmed the following four individuals to participate in the event: Nina V. Fedoroff, Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State, Natalie DiNicola, Vice President of Monsanto Corporation, Doug Gurian-Sherman, senior scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Eric Holt-Gimenez, the executive director of the Food First Institute for Food and Development Policy.
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