An INCREDIBLY BUSY WEEK - MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND BE SURE TO Attend!
Tuesday, April 19, 12:45-1:45 pm - join us for coffee in the Baker Cafe "Is there an
Environmental Crisis?" Dr. Michael McKinney, Earth & Planetary Sciences professor and
director of the Environmental Studies Program. BC READING ROOM
Tuesday, April 19, 4:00 PM -- Howard Baker Memorial Lecture - "Realizing a Hydrogen
Society in Japan" Chairman Kazuo Furukawa, NEDO (New Energy & Industrial Technology
Development Organization), one of the largest public research and global environmental
programs in the Japan. NEDO has around 800 employees worldwide, a budget of $1.2
billion, and offices worldwide, including in Washington, DC and Silicon Valley, California.
Thursday, April 21, 1-2:30 pm, E&E Forum with Dr. Virginia H. Dale, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory. She is a Fellow and Director of the Center for BioEnergy Sustainability and
will discuss sustainable bioenergy.
Friday, April 22, 3:30 pm - EARTH DAY - Baker Ambassadors present "Keeping Afloat:
Water in a Changing World" panel discussion on water issues from Flint to the ocean!
Sunday, APRIL 24, 1:30-4:30 pm - DON'T MISS the HOWARD BAKER PUBLIC POLICY
CHALLENGE FINALS! - SEE Incredible work done by UT student teams tackling tough
local and national issues! Watch teams compete with their solutions to local and national
policy issues and win CASH prizes! Judges: Bill Lyons, Judge Pamela Reeves, Dr. Martha
Buchanan, Don Barger and special guest from Governing online magazine - Julia Burrow!
Come and join us!
All in the Toyota Auditorium and all are free and open to the public!
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