Hurricane Forum
The State of Louisiana Board of Regents is hosting a post-Katrina/Rita research and education forum April 2-4. The forum will be held at the Marriott Hotel on 555 Canal St. It is open to Louisiana and Gulf Coast university administrators, faculty, students, politicians, community leaders and private sector representatives.
The goal of the forum is to show how higher education can help secure the future of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Sessions will be presented by national authorities and will be followed by audience discussion groups. Discussion topics include engineering, environmental, social, health and information systems.
Forum registration is free and comes with meals, receptions and breaks. Those who are interested are urged to register soon because space is limited.
–Deidra Eberwein
Bio Thesis Presentation
Eleven biology seniors will present their original honors thesis research at the 16th annual Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium. The research was conducted on a variety of topics, including the movement patterns of armadillos and the molecular genetics of the Human T-cell Lymphoma Virus.
The research symposium is open to the university community and sponsored by Loyola University’s Department of Biological Sciences. It will be held on Friday, March 31 in Miller Hall, Room 114.
–Tara Templeton
Conservation Lecture
Internationally renowned conservationist Peter Raven, Ph.D, director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, will present “Poverty, Disaster, and Sustainability: How do we Move Forward” at Loyola. Raven, who grew up exploring the San Francisco Bay Area, is known for his theories on human involvement in the increasing extinction of species worldwide. During his years at the Botancial Garden, Dr. Raven has led various research, educational, and display programs with particular concentration on Latin America and Africa, as well as programs in China and North America.
The lecture, which will focus on conservation, will be Thursday, March 23 at 7 p.m. in Nunemaker Auditorium. It is free and open to the public.
–Tara Templeton
