Denison speaker explains why the world is green
Date of Event: April 18, 2011
Posted: April 8, 2011
Colin Orians
“Why is the world green? How plants resist herbivores,” is the title of a lecture by Colin Orians, at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, April 18, in room 105 of Denison University’s Olin Science Hall (100 Sunset Hill Drive). The lecture, sponsored by the Ronneberg Lecture Series, is free and open to the public.
Orians is both a professor of biology and the director of the Environmental Studies Program at Tufts University. He is an ecologist, and his research interests include plant-insect-environment interactions.
Calendar Listing:
CALENDAR LISTING, Denison University, Granville — Lecture: “Why is the world green? How plants resist herbivores,” at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, April 18, in room 105 of Olin Science Hall (100 Sunset Hill Drive). Free and open to public. For information contact Rebecca Homan at homanr@denison.edu or visit www.denison.edu.
About Denison:
Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.
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