Washington and Lee University will host Michael Mann, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania, at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, in Stackhouse Theater.
Mann will discuss themes from his new book, “Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World,” which was co-authored with Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
The book explores the five main forces threatening science in a world where the health of our people and planet is following an unstable path.
Mann will be introduced by Lisa Greer, Harry E. and Mary Jayne W. Redenbaugh Term Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience, and his discussion will be followed by a question-and-answer session and book signing.
The event is free and is sponsored by W&L’s Earth and Environmental Geoscience Department, Environmental Studies Department, Biology Department, Physics and Engineering Department, the Climate Alliance, the Office of the Dean of the College, the Roger Mudd Center for Ethics, the Office of Sustainability, the Center for International Education, University Lectures, the Student Environmental Action League and the University Sustainability Committee.
Mann currently serves as the director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media and was formerly the University of Pennsylvania’s inaugural vice provost for climate science, policy and action.
