9-11-2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

[Cedar Rapids]
Contact: Rob Hogg

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PROFESSOR JERRY SCHNOOR SPEAKS ON
"UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE" AT CHRIST EPISCOPAL SUNDAY

CEDAR RAPIDS - Jerry Schnoor, professor of civil and environmental engineering and co-director of the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research at the University of Iowa, will present "Understanding Climate Change" at Christ Episcopal Church, 220 40th St. NE, in Cedar Eapids, on Sunday, September 16, from 9:15 10:15 a.m.  The presentation is part of an adult education series on environmental stewardship.

"Jerry Schnoor is Iowa's leading expert on global warming and climate change," said Rob Hogg, a member of the Christ Episcopal environmental stewardship committee.  "It is important for people of faith to understand this issue so we can live in accordance with our faith."

Schnoor is the Allen S. Henry Chair in Engineering at the University of Iowa, editor-in-chief of the Environmental Science and Technology Journal, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
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