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<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>2008 OU Dream Course Speakers Announced!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> Five distinguished speakers will visit the OU
campus during the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>spring of 2008 to participate in the Dream Course speaker
series<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>funded by a generous donation from the University
President's office.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>The speakers include Dr. Frank Popper of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Rutgers</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
Dr.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Deborah Popper of the <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State>, Dr. Malcolm Hughes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>of the University of <st1:State w:st="on">Arizona</st1:State>,
Dr. Jody Emel of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Clark</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Dr. Thomas Wilbanks (a former chair of the OU Geography
Department) of<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Oak Ridge</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
National Laboratory.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> The speakers will be on campus to participate in
the Sustainability<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>in the Southern Plains course to be taught by Dr. Scott
Greene and Dr.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Fred Shelley during the upcoming spring semester. Each
will<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>participate in two class meetings of the course, and each
will give a<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>public lecture. All current and former students, alumni,
and friends<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>of the Department are cordially invited to the public
presentations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Tuesday, February 5 or Wednesday,
February 6</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>: Public lecture by Dr.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Frank Popper, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Rutgers</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>, and Dr. Deborah Popper, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place>,
"The Buffalo Commons in the Twenty-First Century," <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>5:00 p.m., Art Museum Auditorium.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Wednesday, February 27</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>: Public
lecture by Dr. Malcolm Hughes,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Arizona</st1:PlaceName></span></font></st1:place><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>, "Strange
Times on Planet Earth," 4:30 p.m., <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Sarkeys</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Energy</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>, Room
A235.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Wednesday, March 12</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>: Public
lecture by Dr. Jody Emel, <st1:place w:st="on">Clark</st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>University, "Our Progress in Moving toward
Sustainable Development,"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>4:30 p.m., <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Sarkeys</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Energy</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
Room A235.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Wednesday, April 29</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>: Public
lecture by Dr. Thomas Wilbanks, Oak <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Ridge National Laboratory, "Scale and
Sustainability," 4:30 p.m., <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>A235 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Sarkeys</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Energy</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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