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GRANVILLE — Ralph J. Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences, will be the keynote speaker at Denison University’s commencement ceremony at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 11. Commencement will be held on the Fine Arts Quadrangle on the college’s lower campus (the 200 block of West Broadway), weather permitting. In case of rain, the ceremonies will be moved to the Mitchell Recreation and Athletics Center (200 Livingston Drive). Cicerone will be awarded an honorary degree.

An atmospheric scientist whose research has been recognized on a Nobel Prize citation, Cicerone has been involved in shaping science and environmental policy nationally. He is a recognized authority on greenhouse gases and ozone depletion. Cicerone received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Both his master’s and doctoral degrees are from the University of Illinois in electrical engineering, with a minor in physics.

Cicerone spent some time on Denison’s campus during a visit in the fall of 2006. He delivered Denison’s Ronneberg Lecture to a packed Swasey Chapel audience that year and also held a luncheon session with local and regional science educators, addressing the challenges of teaching secondary school science in the 21st century. In addition, he took time to attend poster presentations by Denison’s summer science scholars, engaging them in discussions of their research methods and findings.

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