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Possibilities in Problems: The Good Side of Global Warming

The great global warming debate will heat up at The College of Wooster on Tuesday, Feb. 20, when Richard Alley, professor of geosciences and associate of the EMS Environment Institute at Penn State University, presents “Possibilities in Problems: The Good Side of Global Warming” at the 26th annual Richard G. Osgood, Jr., Memorial Lecture. The […]

Is Extreme Global Inequality our Destiny?

Branko Milanovic of The World Bank, discusses the question, “Is Extreme Global Inequality our Destiny?” at the fifth lecture in the Great Decisions Lecture Series on Feb. 20.

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Farmers First Altered Climate Thousands of Years Ago

William F. Ruddiman, professor emeritus of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia and author of Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate, will present “Farmers First Altered Climate Thousands of Years Ago” on Wednesday, Feb. 7, at The College of Wooster. The lecture, which is part of the Global Climate Change […]

Can Latin America Foresee a Finer Future?

Nicole Spencer, associate to the president of The InterAmerican Dialogue, will address “Can Latin America Foresee a Finer Future?”. There is a nice article in the Daily Record about Ms. Spencer.

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Can Immigration Dilemmas be Resolved?

Pawan Dhingra, professor of sociology at Oberlin College, and Pablo Mitchell, professor of history at Oberlin, present “Can Immigration Dilemmas be Resolved?”.

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