Marine Biology Professor Delivers Sustainability Keynote Address

Monday, March 23, 2009

Dr. Mark Hixon, a professor of marine biology at Oregon State University, returns to the Sustainability Project at CCC to deliver the series’ keynote address.

Hixon will speak on “Ocean Warming and Acidification” on Tuesday, April 7, from noon to 1 p.m. in the college’s McLoughlin Auditorium.

Dr. Hixon’s visit is part of the spring term Sustainability Project at CCC, featuring films, speakers and events around sustainability. Hixon is an expert on coastal marine fishes and an appointee of both the Clinton and Bush administrations to the National Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee. He is a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, a Fulbright Senior Scholar and an editorial board member of three scientific journals.

All events in the Sustainability Project are free and open to the public.

For more information, contact instructor Jeff McAlpine at 503-657-6958, ext. 5240 or email jeffmc@clackamas.edu.

For a complete listing of Sustainability Project events, please visit the Web site, www2.clackamas.edu/sustainability/