The Honors College Distinguished Lecture Series at Boise State University presents climate scientist and Nobel Laureate Susan Solomon at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom. The lecture is free and no tickets are required. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Free parking is available in the Lincoln Avenue Garage at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and University Drive.

Solomon’s remarks, titled “A Tale for Our Times: Something for Everyone about Climate Change and the Reasons for Climate Gridlock,” will provide scientific information to help people better understand the dual challenges of science and climate change. She also will address why international agreement on climate change policy has proven particularly difficult.

Solomon is internationally recognized as a leader in atmospheric science, particularly for her insights in explaining the cause of the Antarctic ozone “hole” and for her leadership of the 2007 science report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In 2007 she won the Nobel Prize along with Al Gore and other IPCC members. She currently focuses on issues relating to both atmospheric chemistry and climate change.

Solomon’s research has helped institute a global ban on the chemicals that destroy atmospheric ozone and threaten human health. Her work connecting volcanic chlorofluorocarbons to increased damage to the ozone layer formed the basis of the U.S. Montreal Protocol, an international agreement to protect the ozone layer by regulating damaging chemicals.

Solomon was a scientist at NOAA for 20 years and is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author of a popular book on Antarctic history titled “The Coldest March,” she has won the Volvo Environment Prize (2009), Great Medal of the Academy of Sciences of France (2008), William Bowie Medal (2007), Blue Planet Prize (2004), Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal (2000) and National Medal of Science (1999), among other awards, and has an Antarctic glacier named in her honor. In 2008, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

The Distinguished Lecture Series features speakers who have had major impacts in politics, the arts, science, business or other realms of contemporary significance. Former speakers in the series include environmental architect William McDonough, National Book Award winner Jonathan Kozol, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, Nobel laureate in Economics Joseph Stiglitz, biologist E.O. Wilson and Nobel Peace Prize recipient and former president of Poland Lech Walesa, among others. Learn more at boisestate.edu/distinguishedlectures.

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Boise State University’s Ahsahta Press has been awarded its  first-ever National Endowment for the Arts grant. The grant will help  fund an anthology of postmodern pastoral poetry titled “The Arcadia  Project: North American Postmodern Pastoral.”

“This is our first anthology and our first NEA grant and it  represents a huge breakthrough for us,” said Ahsahta Press director and  editor Janet Holmes. “Because of the NEA support, we’re able to take on  this large project in addition to our usual publishing schedule. Our aim  is to have it ready for fall adoptions for poetry and literature  courses next year.”

Ahsahta’s NEA proposal for the $7,500 grant was to support the  publication, promotion and website development for an anthology of  poetry that documents postmodernism’s intersection with the pastoral and  the latter’s changing definition. An online component, featuring new  media work and teaching aids to accompany the book, also is part of the  project. Edited by poets Joshua Corey of Lake Forest College in Illinois  and G.C. Waldrep of Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, its  contributors include Rae Armantrout, Oni Buchanan, Thalia Field, C.S.  Giscombe, Sarah Gridley, Brenda Hillman, K. Silem Mohammad, Ed Roberson,  Arthur Sze, Brian Teare and C.D. Wright.

Ahsahta is a Mandan word meaning “Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep” and  was first recorded by members of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Ahsahta  Press is a not-for-profit literary publisher, founded at Boise State to  preserve the best works by early poets of the American West, including  many under-published women poets.

Soon after its inception, the press began publishing contemporary  poetry by Western poets along with its reprint titles. With the  inception of the MFA in Creative Writing at Boise State, Ahsahta Press  expanded its scope, presenting the work of poets from across the nation  whose work is selected through a national competition or by general  submission. Ahsahta Press seeks out and publishes the best new poetry  from an eclectic range of aesthetics—poetry that is technically  accomplished, distinctive in style and thematically fresh.

For more information, visit ahsahtapress.boisestate.edu or contact Holmes at 426-3134 or jholmes@boisestate.edu.

“At Penn State loyalties were at play, like big-time football at the expense of other members of the community,” said Sokolow.

“Sometimes it’s based on fear that the information coming out will harm their reputation or hurt their endowment or recruitment,” he said. “College admissions are keen to make sure their campuses don’t get a reputation for being unsafe.”

Campuses are required under Title IX to investigate all complaints and to provide “prompt and equitable remedies,” according to Sokolow. “Colleges work hard to get a good internal resolution. But rape is not the same thing as pulling a fire alarm in a residence hall and some colleges do it better than others.”

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Thousands of books, articles, and other works have been published about The Beatles. This is one of the very best: Harrison’s widow, Olivia Harrison, has published the life of her late husband in pictures—Living in the Material World: George Harrison, named for Harrison’s solo album of 1973.

He is also  featured in The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music.

“We are ever grateful for the continued support of the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation,” C of I President Marv Henberg said. “Our priority is to make sure our students have access to the finest education possible, and creating this endowed chair will open many new avenues for learning and culture.”

With this gift, C of I has raised $1,052,886 toward the Chair in Judaic Studies endowment goal of $2.3 million. Last December, the College received a $500,000 matching grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the chair. The recent gift by the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation is eligible for an NEH match.

The endowed chair in Judaic Studies is the dream of C of I history professor Howard Berger, a 28-year veteran of the College. The goal of the chair is to promote greater understanding of Jewish traditions, culture and philosophy in Idaho and the West. Berger teaches Jewish history courses, hosts an annual Passover Seder and involves the campus in other Jewish traditions throughout the school year. In his honor the College has established the Howard Berger Lecture Series, which brings Jewish dignitaries and public figures to campus to speak about contemporary Jewish issues.

Founded in 1891, The College of Idaho is the state’s oldest private liberal arts college. It has a century-old tradition of educating some of the most accomplished graduates in Idaho, including six Rhodes Scholars, three Marshall Scholars, and another ten Truman and Goldwater Scholars. The College is located on a beautiful campus in Caldwell, Idaho. Its distinctive PEAK curriculum challenges students to attain competencies in the four knowledge peaks of the humanities, natural sciences, social sciences and a professional field, enabling them to graduate with an academic major and three minors in four years. For more information on The College of Idaho, visit www.collegeofidaho.edu.

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“I am absolutely devastated by the developments in this case,” he said. “I grieve for the children and their families, and I pray for their comfort and relief.”

But Paterno might not be able to execute his exit strategy as the school’s board of trustees is still considering its options, which could include forcing Paterno to leave immediately.

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Sandusky, 67, of State College, was arrested Saturday. Curley, 57, and Penn State vice president for finance and business Gary Schultz, 62, both of Boalsburg, were expected to turn themselves in Monday in Harrisburg … Schultz’s position includes oversight of the university’s police department.

Attorney General Linda Kelly called Sandusky “a sexual predator who used his position within the university and community to repeatedly prey on young boys.”

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