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FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1999

EVENT: "Reporting Science in the 21st Century"
TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 3:35 p.m.
VENUE: D. Abbott Turner Center, 1703 Clifton Road
SPEAKERS: Emory President William M. Chace (introducing morning panel)
Mario Molina, Nobel Laureate, on greenhouse gases/global warming
Leon Lederman, author, "The God Particle" (elementary particles)
Jerome Friedman, (MIT), President, APS
Douglas Osheroff, Nobel Laureate (liquid helium)
Joseph Taylor, Jr., Nobel Laureate, author, "Pulsars"
Jon Franklin, Baltimore Sun reporter, 2 Pulitzers
Provost Rebecca Chopp (introducing afternoon panel)
Deborah Blum, reporter, Pulitzer winner
Laurie Garrett, reporter, author, "The Coming Plague," Pulitzer winner
Mike Toner, Atlanta Journal/Constitution reporter, Pulitzer winner
CONTACT: Sidney Perkowitz
Emory University
Dept. of Physics
Atlanta, GA 30322-2430
phone: 404-727-4321
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EVENT: "Global Warming and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion: Two Atmospheric Problems in the 21st Century"
TIME: 11:15 a.m.
VENUE: University of Georgia Chapel, University of Georgia, Athens
SPEAKER: Prof. F. Sherwood Rowland, University of California (Irvine)
1995 Nobel Laureate, Chemistry
CONTACT: Loris Magnani
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: 706-542-2876


EVENT: "Exploring the Universe Using Atomic Clocks"
TIME: 3:00 pm
VENUE: Cathy Kashen Hall-Humanities Building-State University of West Georgia
SPEAKER: Norman Ramsey, 1989 Nobel Laureate
CONTACT: Javier Hasbun
State University of West Georgia
Department of Physics
Carrollton, GA 30118
Phone: 770-836-4318


EVENT: "The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence" (talk followed by astronomy open house)
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
VENUE: Physics Building lobby, University of Georgia, Athens
SPEAKER: Prof. J. Scott Shaw
CONTACT: Loris Magnani
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: 706-542-2876