Bryan Norton, professor of philosophy at Georgia Institute of Technology, will address “Evaluation and Species Preservation” at the third lecture on Monday, March 31. Norton specializes in the philosophy of science and conceptual change in, and across, scientific disciplines. He writes on inter-generational equity, sustainability theory, bio-diversity policy and valuation methods. In addition to his […]
Jan Salick, curator of ethnobotany at Missouri Botanical Garden and professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Missouri-St. Louis, visited campus to present the second lecture, “Indigenous Peoples Creating, Managing and Conserving Biodiversity” on Wednesday, March 5. Salick’s research interests include ethnobotany, conservation biology, tropical ecology, and agroecology. She […]
Rodolfo Dirzo, professor of biology at Stanford University, opened the Environmental Analysis and Action Symposium series on Wednesday, Feb. 20, when he presented “Tropical Biodiversity: An Endangered Natural Treasure.” Dirzo studies plant-animal interactions in an effort to better understand how the ecology and evolution of plants are affected by their biotic environment. His work is […]