A Conversation with Bill Nye The Science Guy
- Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce Street.
Join us for the Climate Week at Penn keynote event with Bill Nye, scientist, engineer, and CEO of The Planetary Society.
Join us for the Climate Week at Penn keynote event with Bill Nye, scientist, engineer, and CEO of The Planetary Society. He will take part in a conversation with Michael Mann, Penn’s Vice Provost for Climate Science, Policy, and Action, on the urgency of the climate crisis and how we can all take action.
Registration is required.
Speaker
Bill Nye
CEO, The Planetary Society
Bill Nye is an American science educator, engineer, comedian, television presenter, inventor, keynote speaker and New York Times bestselling author. In his role as the creator and host of the 19-time Emmy Award winning series Bill Nye the Science Guy, Nye helped introduce the millennial generation to science and engineering in an entertaining and accessible manner, fostering an understanding and appreciation for the science that makes our world work. Today, Nye is a respected champion of scientific literacy who has challenged opponents of evidence- based education and policy on climate change, evolution and critical thinking. He currently serves as CEO of The Planetary Society, the world’s largest and most influential non-governmental space organization, co-founded by Carl Sagan.
Moderator
Dr. Michael E. Mann
Presidential Distinguished ProfessorUniversity of Pennsylvania
Dr. Michael E. Mann is the inaugural Vice Provost for Climate, Science, Policy, and Action at the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, he is a Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication. He is the director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media (PCSSM).
Dr. Mann received his undergraduate degrees in Physics and Applied Math from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.S. degree in Physics from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in Geology & Geophysics from Yale University. His research interests include the study of Earth's climate system and the science, impacts and policy implications of human-caused climate change.
Event Sponsor:
PennClimate
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