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Lincoln Chafee, former U.S. senator and environmental advocate, to speak Feb. 22

February 15, 2007

For immediate release - Feb. 15, 2007 Contact: Eric Cárdenas (860) 439-2508; eric.cardenas@conncoll.edu   Lincoln Chafee, former U.S. senator and environmental advocate, to speak at Connecticut College seminar on Feb. 22   NEW LONDON, Conn. - Lincoln Chafee, former Republican senator from Rhode Island, will be the keynote speaker at the Connecticut College Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies certificate program seminar at 7 p.m. on February 22, 2007.

The seminar is free and open to the public, and will be held in Blaustein Humanities Center Room 210 on campus.

Chafee, who was one of the few Senate Republicans to vote against allowing drilling in Alaska National Wildlife Reserve, will speak on "Challenges in reauthorizing the federal endangered species act." As a senator, Chafee emerged as a leader on environmental issues and foreign policy, and promoted sensible economic and energy policies.

Chafee was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1999 and was elected to a full six-year term in 2000. In 2006 he lost his re-election bid. Currently, Chafee is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University.

The Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary program that fosters research, education, and curriculum development aimed at understanding contemporary ecological challenges. The certificate program is designed to enhance Connecticut College students' undergraduate experience with a strong concentration on environmental issues.

Chafee's lecture is a lead-up to the Goodwin-Niering Center's second Elizabeth Babbott Conant Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment at Connecticut College, which will be held in April. The conference topic is "Saving Biological Diversity: Weighing the Protection of Endangered Species vs. Entire Species."

For more information about the seminar or the conference, contact the Goodwin-Niering Center office at 860-439-5417.

Ranked among the most selective private liberal arts colleges in the nation, Connecticut College enrolls 1,900 men and women from 43 states and 45 countries. The college is known for putting the liberal arts into action through interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. Founded in 1911, the college operates under an 85-year-old honor code. The college is located at 270 Mohegan Ave, New London, about two hours by car from Boston and New York. The 750-acre campus is an arboretum overlooking Long Island Sound. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu.   -CC-  

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