Dr. Richard Cairncross, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Drexel University,  is currently in El Salvador on a Fulbright Lectureship. He will be teaching a course on Renewable Energy at the University of El Salvador.  He has created this blog called Sustainability and Renewable Energy In El Salvador: A Blog of Experiences on a Fulbright Lectureship in El Salvador to showcase and highlight his experiences there.

See also: Professor Cairncross Receives Fulbright Scholar Award to Teach Renewable Energy at the University of El Salvador

As part of its ongoing term focus on energy and sustainability, the Great Works Symposium will host guest lecturers on our historical and future reliance on coal, nuclear and oil on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 6 p.m. in Disque Hall room 108 (32nd Street between Market and Chestnut Streets).

Bill Maguire, site vice president of Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station; David Sexton, vice president of business development for Sunoco, Inc.; and Ned Leonard, vice president of technology policy for the American Coalition for Clean Coal, are the guest speakers.

The lecture is free and open to students, faculty and staff. For more information, visit Energy Alternatives: http://www.drexel.edu/greatworks/.

The Student Life Symposium on Sustainability and Social Justice hosted by the Division of Student Life Professional Development, Sustainability and Social Justice Committees will be held on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, from 11:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in Behrakis Grand Hall, Creese Student Center (32nd and Chestnut Streets).

See: Student Life Symposium on Sustainability and Social Justice

Drexel Green site provides access to several webcasts/podcasts of presentations conducted at the Mitchell Auditorium, Bossone Research Enterprise Center,  on a variety of topics  including climate change, capitalism and sutainability, science of global warming, and Drexel and its waste.

See: Webcasts/podcasts