California State University, NorthridgeCalifornia State University, Northridge
Sept. 30, 1996
Contact: Carmen Ramos Chandler,
(818) 677-2130
cchandler@exec.csun.edu
Seaborg, one of the discoverers of plutonium, will talk about "Ten Elements and Ten Presidents" as well as the issues surrounding science education at 4 p.m. in the Grand Salon of the University Student Union near the center of the campus at 18111 Nordhoff St. in Northridge.
Immediately following Seaborg's seminar, Richard Normington, vice president of Pacific Bell, Inc., will discuss the "Education First" initiative in California and demonstrate a live video conference of the "Education First" model school.
"Cal State Northridge is interested in presenting scientists and humanitarians as role models for students at all levels," said Stan Metzenberg, visiting assistant professor of biology and one of the organizers of the series.
"We are committed to the ideal of faculty as teachers, researchers and scholars," Metzenberg said. "Since most of our students have attended area high schools, we are also committed to improving the teaching of science in the community schools. It is my hope that Dr. Seaborg's talk will inspire many students to pursue a career in science."
Seaborg is a University Professor of Chemistry - the most distinguished title bestowed by the University of California Regents - and chairman of the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley. In addition to plutonium, he and his co-workers have discovered nine more transuranium elements: americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium, and Element 106.
Among his many interests are international cooperation in science, science history and nuclear arms control. Seaborg is a member of the National Commission on Excellence in Education and is recognized as a national spokesman on education, in particular the crisis in mathematics and science education.
For more information, call (818) 677-3601 or link to http://www.csun.edu/~hcbio027/seaborg.html.