Environmental Racism Lecture at Denison
Date of Event: February 5, 2009
Posted: January 22, 2009 / Last Updated: January 30, 2009
David Rusk, an expert in urban environments, will speak at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5, at Slayter Auditorium (200 Ridge Road). The lecture is free and open to the public.
Rusk has lectured on urban problems in England; Berlin, Stuttgart, and Frankfurt, Germany; and in Toronto and Victoria, Canada. In 1997 he served as an advisor to the government of South Africa on metropolitan governance in Johannesburg, Capetown, and Durban. He was a visiting professor at the University of Amsterdam and Delft Technical University in The Netherlands.
Rusk’s most recent book, “Inside Game/Outside Game,” was noted by the Government Finance Review as, “a must-read for all practicing local government officials, elected or appointed, working in a metropolitan area.”
Sponsored by the McGregor Connections Initiative, which is made possible by the generosity of the McGregor Fund's Program for Private Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities grant. This grant initiative is intended as a springboard to assist universities in developing programs that foster interdisciplinary connections and strengthen student engagement within the academic community.
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CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville — David Rusk speaks on environmental racism at 4:30 p.m. on Thurs., Feb. 5, at Slayter Auditorium (200 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. Contact: 740-587-6206.
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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