02/12
2014
Lecture
Everyday Disasters: Rethinking Iconic Events
12:00 pm - 12:00 pm
St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library
Biddeford Campus
Gregory V. Button, Ph.D.
Free and open to the public
Dr. Button's research focuses on disasters as well as on scientific uncertainty. I have conducted in—depth research on several major disasters including Love Canal, the Exxon-Valdez oil spill, the 1993 Mississippi Flood, the Hanta Virus outbreak of 1993, ground water contamination in Woburn, MA, Hurricane Katrina, the TVA ash spill in Kingston, TN, the BP Gulf oil spill, and the nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan
Address
St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library
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