[Grad-postdoc-assn] [Fwd: FOSEP seminar Thursday Feb 3, 5 pm]

Paula Fisher paulad at ucar.edu
Mon Jan 31 10:22:48 MST 2011


This seminar may be of interest to some of you.

Paula

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Subject: 	FOSEP seminar Thursday Feb 3, 5 pm
Date: 	Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:42:07 -0700 (MST)
From: 	Postdoctoral Association <gtpPD at colorado.edu>
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Hi Postdocs,

Please find below the details of an upcoming Forum on Science Ethics and 
Policy which my be of interest.

Richard Threlfall, Ph.D.
Vivek Kaila, Ph.D.

Co-Presidents
Postdoctoral Association of Colorado

Web: www.colorado.edu/PAC also find us on Facebook and Twitter



*_FOSEP Seminar:_*

*"Science in a Cold (Political) Climate: Science, Policy, Politics and the New Congress"*
Thursday, February 3, 2011
5:00-6:00 pm
HUMN 1B50 
(http://www.colorado.edu/campusmap/map.html?bldg=HUMN)

*David Goldston, Ph.D.*
Director of Government Affairs, Natural Resources Defense Council

Is the new Congress "anti-science"? 
What can scientists do to improve the use of science in policy making? 
What are the gravest dangers in the relationship between scientists and 
politicians today and how can they be reduced? David Goldston, will 
address these and related questions, drawing on his experience working 
for and with both parties in Congress. 

David Goldston became 
Director of Government Affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council,
 a leading environmental group, in July 2009. Prior to that, he had 
spent more than 20 years on Capitol Hill, working primarily on science 
policy and environmental policy. He was Chief of Staff of the House 
Committee on Science from 2001 through 2006. After retiring from 
government service, Goldston was a visiting lecturer at Princeton 
University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs 
in 2007 and at the Harvard University Center for the Environment in 2008
and 2009. From 2007 through November 2009, he wrote a monthly column 
for Nature on science policy titled “Party of One.” He also was the 
project director for the Bipartisan Policy Center report “Improving the 
Use of Science in Regulatory Policy,” which was released in August 2009.
He serves on the National Academy of Sciences’ Aeronautics and Space 
Engineering Board. Since 2006, Goldston has also co-chaired an American 
Physical Society study on energy efficiency and has served on panels 
producing reports under the auspices of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences and OMB Watch. He holds a B.A. (1978) from Cornell University 
and completed the course work for a Ph.D. in American history at the 
University of Pennsylvania. 


/Refreshments provided.

FOSEP
(Forum on Science Ethics & Policy) is a multidisciplinary/ /organization
of graduate students, professional students, and postdoctoral fellows. 
FOSEP works to build bridges between science and society and to foster 
leaders who are prepared to apply specialized expertise to 21st century 
challenges./

More information:
http://fosep.org/colorado 

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