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RACHEL’S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY #432
—March 9, 1995—
News and resources for environmental justice.
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PUBLIC INTEREST SCIENCE CONFERENCE APRIL 7-9
The 1995 Public Interest Science Conference (PISC) will be held
April 7-9, 1995, at the University of Oregon in Eugene. This
year the conference will include workshops such as “Scientists
Working With Community Members for Environmental Justice” (led by
Jerry Poje); “Agricultural Science in the Public Interest: The
Politics of Methodology (led by Doreen Stabinsky); “Public
Interest Science Campaigns in Communities” (led by Lin Nelson);
“Defining the Pro Bono Responsibilities of Scientists and
Engineers” (led by Alexandra Allen); “Scientists, Emotion, and
the Public Interest” (led by Mary O’Brien); “Certainty in Science
and Public Policy” (led by Peter Montague); and “The Ethical
Responsibilities of Scientists to Communicate” (led by Joel
Pagel).
Registration for the conference costs $50.00 for professionals
and $15.00 for students and the general public. No-cost or
low-cost housing is available (on a first-come, first-served
basis). Contact: PISC c/o Susan Shannon, Biology Department, U.
of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403. Email queries to:
pisc@darkwing.uoregon.edu. This promises to be a lively event.
Descriptor terms: conferences; public interest science; ethics;