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 University of California 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 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis 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 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis Humanities Institute, the John Muir Institute of the Environment at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis, EPA Air Quality Center at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis and faculty partners from 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Merced, with a grant from the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Office of the President.
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Claudia Morain, (530) 752-9841, cmmorain@ucdavis.edu