UIS to host lectures on environmental health

The Institute for Legal and Policy Studies at UIS and the Illinois Environmental Health Association will host two public lectures examining issues in environmental health on March 6 and 7 in Brookens Auditorium. Both will begin at 7 p.m.

The first lecture, on Tuesday, March 6, will feature Nelson Fabian, executive director of the National Environmental Health Association, speaking on "Environmental Health: The Invisible Guardians in Every Community."

The lecture on Wednesday, March 7, will examine "Lessons Learned the Hard Way: After 9/11." The speaker will be Francesca Lyman, a freelance environmental reporter and contributor to MSNBC.

The lectures are being presented in conjunction with the two-day professional conference "The Crisis in Environmental Health," March 6 and 7 at UIS. Read more>>