FALL SCHEDULE 2005
The David Bradford Seminars in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy
The seminar series is co-sponsored with the Princeton Environmental Institute
(PDF Schedule)
Wallace Hall, Room 300
(12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m)
Lunch is provided starting at 11:45 a.m.
September 19, “The Uses and Misuses of Scientific Information in Public Policy”
Reading 1
Reading 2
Power Point
Washington Correspondent, SEED magazine
October 3, "The Unfinished Business of Nuclear Disarmament"
Reading 1
Reading 2
Director, Nuclear Policy Project, Institute for Policy Studies
October 17, “Pathways to Sustainable Development: Co-Optimizing Competitiveness,Environment, and Employment”
Reading 1
Reading 2
PowerPoint
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Director, The Program in Technology and Law
October 24, “Time to Abandon Darwin? Evolution and the Battle for the American Soul”
Reading 1
Reading 2
PowerPoint
Professor of Biology, Brown University
October 31 - Fall Break
November 7, “Politics and Business: Climate Change Policy Approaches A Turning Point”
President, The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
November 14, “Untangling Science and Politics: Is There Such a Thing as Objective Science-Policy Advice?”
Reading 1
Reading 2
E. William Colglazier
Executive Officer, The National Academy of Sciences
November 21, “An Insider's View of Corporate and Government Leadership in Climate Protection”
Reading 1
Reading 2
Stephen Andersen
Director, Strategic Climate Projects, U.S. E.P.A.
November 28, "Flawed Radiation Standards and Risks to Ecosystems and Biota”
Reading 1
Reading 2
Kristin Shrader-Frechette
O'Neill Family Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
December 5, “Environmental Issues Associated with Modern Agriculture”
David Pimentel
Professor of Insect Ecology and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Entomology, Cornell University
December 12, “Regulatory Benefits and Costs: Progress and Challenges”
Reading 1
John D.Graham
Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Offfice of Management and Budget