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Contact: Carolyn Gonzales 277-5920
cgonzal@unm.edu

Oct. 1, 2007

UNM Center Co-Sponsors Lecture Series on ‘Safety in a Nuclear World’

The University of New Mexico’s Center for Science, Technology, and Policy is co-sponsoring the Santa Fe Council on International Relations’ Fall 2007 International Lecture Series “Safety in a Nuclear World: Fears, Hopes, and Realities.”

The series kicks off on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 3 p.m. with Richard Rhodes presenting,
”Where Have All the Secrets Gone? A Layman’s Guide to Nukes.” This event will take place at The Forum, College of Santa Fe.

Rhodes is the author of twenty books, including “The Making of the Atomic Bomb,” which won a Pulitzer Prize in non-fiction, a National Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle Award, and “Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb.” He is an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University and is currently working on a third volume of nuclear history, “Endgame.”

The next three lectures feature Dan E. Caldwell, professor of Political Science, Pepperdine University, presenting, “Clouds on the Horizon: Eroding Constraints and the Seductive Attraction of Nuclear Weapons,” on Saturday, Oct. 20; Ambassador Thomas Graham, chair, Cypress Fund for Peace and Security, presenting, “The Ideal Protective Package: From Proliferation to Reciprocal Reduction,” on Saturday, Nov. 10; and Dr. Richard L. Garwin, IBM Fellow Emeritus, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, presenting, “Getting the Best Deal We Can: A Practitioner’s View,” on Saturday, Dec. 1.

For more information, contact Andrew L. Ross, director, UNM Center for Science, Technology, and Policy, at aross@unm.edu or 277-7391. For reservations go to www.santafecouncil.org or phone (505) 982-4931.

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