WestConn hosts 11th annual lecture series on ‘Climate and Human Civilization’

To help the community understand the effects of climate change on humans, Western Connecticut State University invites the public to attend five free programs that are part of its 11th annual lecture series hosted by the university’s Jane Goodall Center for Excellence in Environmental Studies. The live lectures include faculty and student presenters, and will be held at 7 p.m. in the university’s Science Building, Room 219, on the Midtown campus at 181 White St. in Danbury. Topics include:

• Monday, 3/23: “The Ethics and Economics of Human Survival” presented by Dr. Mitch Wagener, professor of Climate Ecology and Biology, with student Lindsay Kirkness

• Tuesday, 3/31: “The Political Economy and Geopolitics of Climate Change” presented by Dr. Jayson Funke, adjunct professor of Geography and Sociology

• Tuesday, 4/7: “Reimagining Public Transportation” presented by Dr. Rotua Lumbantobing, professor of Economics, with a group of students

• Tuesday, 4/14: “The Hidden Harms of Our Tech World” presented by Dr. Anna Malavisi, professor of History, Philosophy & World Perspectives, with student Kate Jackson

• Wednesday, 4/22: “The Calm Before the Swarm: Mosquitoes in a Changing Climate” presented by Dr. Zach Popkin-Hall, assistant professor of Biology, with student Terrence Spofford