May 7-8, Thursday and Friday -- Davis-based science-fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson and tomato-harvester historian Emmett Fiske will be among the speakers at a two-day conference exploring the many ways that the 51³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏÍø system has enriched environmental understanding through the arts, literature, social sciences and law over the past century. The conference will also include a photo exhibit and performance that documents the struggles of women leaders for environmental justice in the Central Valley.
"California, the University and the Environment," begins at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 7, and runs until 8 p.m. Friday, May 8, at the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center on the 51³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏÍø campus. It is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is encouraged. To register or for more information, go to .
The conference is sponsored by the 51³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏÍø Humanities Institute, the John Muir Institute of the Environment at 51³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏÍø, EPA Air Quality Center at 51³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏÍø and faculty partners from UC Merced, with a grant from the UC Office of the President.
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Claudia Morain, (530) 752-9841, cmmorain@ucdavis.edu