2011 Vetlesen Lectures in Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the University
of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography:
The State of Our Oceans
Exploring the World’s Notable and Threatened Underwater Habitats - April 5.
Filmmaker and author Norbert Wu is the next speaker in the University of Rhode Island’s Vetlesen Lecture Series on the state of the oceans. His lecture, “Exploring the World’s Notable and Threatened Underwater Habitats,” is on April 5 at 7:30 p.m.
His
presentation, in Edward’s Auditorium on the URI Kingston campus,
is part of the University’s Vetlesen lecture series on “The
State of the Oceans” in conjunction with the 50th anniversary
of the Graduate School of Oceanography. Sponsored by the URI College
of Arts and Sciences, the event is free and open to the public.
His illustrated lecture will document the most unique and threatened underwater habitats in the world and the challenges that they face.
Wu’s writing and photography have appeared in numerous books, films, and magazines, and he is the author and photographer of seventeen books on wildlife and photography, including a children’s book series on the oceans. Exhibits of his work have been shown at the American Museum of Natural History, the California Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Museum of Wildlife Art.
Wu is the only photographer to have been awarded a Pew Marine Conservation Fellowship, the world's most prestigious award in ocean conservation and outreach. In that capacity, he documented the ongoing alteration of the marine environment, including the deterioration of coral reefs around the world and the collapse of global fisheries.
He was named Outstanding Photographer of the Year in 2004 by the North American Nature Photographers Association, the highest honor an American nature photographer given by his peers. In 2000, he was awarded the Antarctica Service Medal "for his contributions to exploration and science in the U.S. Antarctic Program."
To view this lecture online, click here.
Major Sponsors:
The G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation
The URI Graduate School of Oceanography
Co-Sponsors:
URI Coastal Institute
URI Honors Program
Special Sponsors:
URI College of Arts & Sciences
URI Harrington School of Communication and Media
Rhode Island Sea Grant
Colloquium Coordinators:
Professor Steven D'Hondt, Graduate School of Oceanography;
Dr. Sunshine Menezes, Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting, Graduate School of Oceanography;
Professor Arthur Spivack, Graduate School of Oceanography;
Professor Judith Swift, Coastal Institute / Communication Studies.
