Purdue Pugwash conference to focus on climate and society

The 2018 Purdue Student Pugwash Midwest Regional Conference will examine the social and ethical dimensions relating to climate change and society. The two-day conference, titled “Climate Change: How to Sustain our Future,” will open at 6 p.m. on April 13 in Purdue Memorial Union West Faculty Lounge. Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m. On April 14, the conference will continue at 8:30 a.m. in Stewart Center, Room 279. Winona LaDuke, Native American environmentalist and political activist, will be the keynote speaker. Other speakers include Jeffrey Dukes, director of Purdue Climate Change Research Center and professor of forestry and natural resources and biological sciences, and Manjana Milkoreit, a Purdue assistant professor of political science.