Join us on Monday, May 8, 2017, on for presentations by Evergreen faculty and students at 6:00 p.m. in Lecture Hall 4.
—Solar eclipse viewing glasses will be given away, courtesy of Russ and Cheryl Genet
- Allen Mauney,
- “Special Relativity & the Connection to Science and Wisdom”
- Rebecca Chamberlain,
- “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Astronomy Education within Communities of Practice,” and
- “Sun, Moon, Earth: An Overview of the Solar Eclipse of 2017”
- Emily Lubar, physics student,
- “Evergreen as a Pathway to Arecibo Observatory,”
- Shannon Scott and members of the Evergreen Astronomical Society
Part of the “Science, Wisdom, & The Future:Humanities Quest for a Flourishing Earth,” A Noetic Sciences Lecture Series, at The Evergreen State College, Spring & Summer 2017.
In preparation for the total eclipse of August 21, 2017, we are hosting a series of lectures and events to raise awareness of science, story, and sustainability, and to discuss questions central to our understanding of science, technology, the arts, culture, human thought, and the role of citizen science to empower diverse individuals and communities at this time in history.
Other Events this spring include:
April 14 Day of Presence, “Black Suns: An Astrophysics Adventure” (1:30pm LH1) May 1 Lois Landgrebe, “Salish Star Stories in Lushootseed” (6:00 pm, LH4) May 22 Kathleen Ensenat, “One Way Trip: What are the Realities of Colonizing Mars, and What that Says About Earth?” (6:00 pm LH 4) May 31 E.J. Zita, “Cosmology & Sustainability: People, Planet, Politics” (6:00pm LH 4)
This series is made possible by: The Evergreen State College Foundation Noosphere Award; “Astronomy and Cosmologies;” and “Cosmology: Science, Wisdom, and the Future.”