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Please join us for these events in the Toyota Auditorium @ the Baker Center.
All are FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Thursday, Oct. 20, 3:30 - 5 PM
"Public Interest Environmental Lawyering"
The Howard Baker Center's Interdisciplinary Group on Energy and Environmental Policy present UT Law Professor, Dean Rivkin, and the following panel:
Stephanie Kodish, National Parks Conservation Association
Stephanie Matheny, Tennessee Clean Water Network
Sam Evans, Southern Environmental Law Center
Mary Cromer, Appalachian Citizens Law Center
Gary Davis (invited), Gary A. Davis & Associates
This panel was organized in conjunction with the Appalachian Public Interest Environmental Law (APIEL) Conference, University of Tennessee College of Law, October 20th-23th 2011 (http://www.law.utk.edu/cle/11APIEL.shtml)
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Monday, Oct. 24, 7 PM
"Nukes & Faith: Discussing religion’s role in nuclear security and energy"
Since the beginning of recorded history, humankind has sought to wage war, often in the name of religion. Nuclear weapons enable these conflicts to be more destructive than ever. But the role of nuclear weapons, through a religious lens,
is up for debate: are religious traditions fanning the flames of a nuclear catastrophe, or do they advocate nuclear nonproliferation?
If faith-based philosophy is a productive tool in dialogues about nuclear arms reduction, do secular governments have the ability to bring these ideas to a discussion? What do religious traditions have to say about peaceful uses of nuclear
technology?
Come for a provocative and unique discussion offering views on nuclear weapons and energy through technical, political, Evangelical Christian, and Unitarian Universalist perspectives.
The panel:
Howard Hall, Governor's Chair Professor of Nuclear Engineering
Brandon Prins: Associate Professor of Political Science
Sherrell Greene: Independent Nuclear Energy Consultant
Jeffrey Kovac: Professor of Chemistry
Sponsored by:
The Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, UT Religious Studies Association, Tyson House Episcopal & Lutheran Campus Ministry and the Howard Baker Center for Public Policy
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Wednesday, Oct. 26, 7 PM
Ambassadorial Lecture Series - "U.S. - Romanian Security Cooperation and Shared Issues"
Romanian Ambassador Adrian Cosmin Vierita will provide a lecture on current issues of importance between the US and Romania. Reception to follow, sponsored by the School of Journalism and Electronic Media and the Baker Center
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Patti Rebholz
Business Manager
Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy
The University of Tennessee
1640 Cumberland Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37996-3340
(865) 974-0158
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