April 5, 2002
Contact: Mary Horgan
mhorgan@pace.edu
(914) 923-2798
PACE UNIVERSITY TO COMMEMORATE EARTH WEEK
Environmental Center hosts free lecture series
PLEASANTVILLE — Global warming, “ECOpreneurship” and civil action will
be among several environmental issues examined in a special Earth Week
Lecture Series presented by Pace University Environmental Center, April
15 – 21.
The series is free and open to the public. For more information, contact
Angelo Spillo at (914) 773- 3789 or E-mail: aspillo@pace.edu
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
“HOW GOOD IS YOUR BOTTLED WATER?”
Monday, April 15, 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Outside Dining Room A, Pleasantville
Campus
Speaker: Prof. Bill Flank, chemistry
ENVIRONMENTAL READING
Tuesday, April 16, 12:20 – 2:20 p.m. Birnbaum Room, Pleasantville Campus
Reader: Prof. Lori Alward, environmental studies, religion and
philosophy
ENVIRONMENTAL CAREER PANEL
Tuesday, April 16, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Butcher Suite, Pleasantville Campus
Speakers: Paul Thiesing NYC DEP and Pace alumni.
CIVIL ACTION PROGRAM
Tuesday, April 16, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. Butcher Suite, Pleasantville Campus
Speaker: Prof. Robert Goldstein, Pace Law School
“SILVER MILE” FUNDRAISER
Wednesday, April 17, 10:00 – 3:30 p.m., Choate Pond, (in case of rain,
the Gottesman Room, Kessel Campus Center)
Hosts: Pace Environmental Club
INFORMATIONAL TABLES ON “SICK BUILDINGS” AND WILDLIFE DISPLAY
Wednesday, April 17, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Presenters: Pace Health Care Unit and Teatown Lake representatives
TREE PLANTING CEREMONY
Thursday, April 18, 12:00 – 12:30 p.m. In front of Choate House
“GREEN LOGIC” PANEL DISCUSSION/LECTURE
Wednesday, April 18, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Butcher Suite
Lecturer: Prof. Robert Isaak, Lubin School of Business
BIRDS OF PREY PRESENTATION
Friday, April 19, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Environmental Center, Pleasantville
Campus
Master Falconer: James Eyring
“CARBON DIOXIDE & GLOBAL WARMING: The Hidden Links”
Friday, April 19, 12:00 p.m. Wilcox Hall Auditorium/Gym, Pleasantville
Campus
Presenter: Dr. Taro Takahashi, associate director of Lamont Doherty
Earth Observatory Lab of Colombia University
(This lecture is also part of the Pace Science Day)
YONKERS GREEN SPACE PROJECT
Sunday, April 21, 12:30 – 4:00 p.m. Join the Center for Community
Outreach in celebrating Earth Week by assisting Greyston Foundation
Community Garden’s Project, clearing a green space for residents in a
Yonkers neighborhood. Transportation provided. For more information call
(914) 773-3539 or E-mail: tccoplv@pace.edu
ENVIRONMENTAL BOOK DISPLAY
A display of environmental books will be showcased in the Mortola
Library the entire month of April.
The Pace University Environmental Center, N.A.T.U.R.E. (Pace’s
Environmental Club), Student Government Association, and the faculty and
staff, who volunteered their time, sponsor the events.
Pace is a comprehensive, independent University with campuses in New
York City and Westchester County. More than 13,000 students are
enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs in
the Dyson College of the Arts and Sciences, Lubin School of Business,
School of Computer Science and Information Systems, School of Education,
School of Law, Lienhard School of Nursing and the World Trade Institute.