Common Reading Events:

Jan.31, CO2 Forum (7:00-9:30 pm, RMC Grand Hall) & Sustainability Fair (4-7 pm, RMC). Forum speakers will include President David Leebron, Mayor Bill White, Dr. Neal Lane, and John Hofmeister (President of Shell USA). This event is part of Focus the Nation, a landmark event featuring teach-ins and educational fora on "global warming solutions" at more than 1,000 colleges universities. The event will engage 1 million students with decision-makers on global warming policy. Click here for more information (pdf).

Past Events

Aug. 23, New students discuss the common reading over dinner at the colleges.

Aug. 29, 7 p.m., Screening of the film "Kilowatt Ours" at Rice Media Center*.

Sept. 19, 7 p.m., Screening of the film "Dimming the Sun," at Rice Media Center*. Hosted by Daniel Cohan, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering.

Sept. 26, noon, Rice Readers discuss "Field Notes from a Catastrophe," at the Humanities Bldg., Room 115.

Oct. 1, Energy conservation competition between north and south colleges begins.

Oct. 10, 7 pm, The Baker Institute Student Forum presents "The Power of the Sun," a 1-hour documentary on solar energy produced by Nobel Laureates Walter Kohn and Alan Heeger, and narrated and hosted by Monty Python's John Cleese. Dr. Daniel Cohan of Rice's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department will speak on the topic, his research, and take questions from the audience. Location: International Conference Facility of the Baker Institute.

Oct. 24, 4 p.m., Farnsworth Pavilion, discussion on green construction and sustainability. Hosted by Richard Johnson, sustainability planner, Facilities Engineering and Planning.

Oct 24, 7:30 pm, Dr. James Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, speaks to The Progressive Forum at The Wortham Center, Cullen Theater (A limited number of free and discounted tickets will be available for students and faculty/staff, respectively. For more information, stay tuned to this website).

Nov. 14, 7 p.m., Screening of the film "Green: The New Red, White and Blue" at Rice Media Center*.

Nov 29, President's Lecture Series: William Calvin, "How to Treat Global Fever: An Intelligence Test for Our Times".

*Each film will be hosted by a member of the Rice faculty who will introduce, and facilitate a question and answer period following, the film. The films are co-sponsored by the Rice Environmental Club; the screening of Kilowatt Ours is also co-sponsored by CLEAN. For a preview of the films, please visit the following websites:
http://www.kilowattours.org/news-media-resources.php
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sun/dimming.html
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