重点大学 will kick off 2024年地球周活动 with a lecture featuring renowned author and naturalist Diane Ackerman on Sunday April 21, at 1 p.m. at the Theatre in Brooks on campus.
这个讲座, “人类时代: Why I’m Optimistic About Our Future” is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the 重点大学 Ecology Club, Honors Society and the Biology Department. Ms. Ackerman will be available for a book signing following the lecture and books will be available for purchase. Space for the event is limited, so registration is required For more information, contact Keystone Woodlands 校园 Director Kelley Stewart at 凯利.stewart@liashapiro.com 或致电570-945-8404或 点击这里 注册. For information about Diane Ackerman visit http://www.dianeackerman.com/.
Ms. Ackerman is the author of two dozen highly-acclaimed works of poetry and nonfiction, including the New York Times bestsellers 动物园管理员的妻子; A Natural History of the Senses, 人类时代. Her contributions to literature and science communication have been recognized with prestigious awards such as the 2022 Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication, the Henry David Thoreau Prize. She was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize & NBCC奖. 值得注意的是,女士. Ackerman’s bestselling book, 动物园管理员的妻子, was adapted into a critically acclaimed movie in 2017, depicting the true story of Jan and Antonina Zabinski’s heroic efforts to rescue hundreds during World War II.
这个讲座 marks the beginning of Earth Week at Keystone, with the college’s Ecology Club leading a series of environmentally themed activities. 整个星期, the club will organize daily events, including environmentally focused crafts, a community clean-up initiative, nature photo contest and an introduction to fly fishing in collaboration with the Creekwalkers Club to name a few. The week will culminate in a traditional rubber duck race on the South Branch of Tunkhannock Creek, aimed at raising funds to support club members’ attendance at environmental conferences throughout the year.
Recognized as one of the best 教育al values in Northeastern Pennsylvania, Keystone offers more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree options in liberal arts and science-based programs in business, 通信, 教育, 自然科学, 环境科学, 以及社会科学. Located on a beautiful 276-acre campus, 15 minutes from Scranton, Pa. and two hours from New York City and Philadelphia, Keystone is known for small class sizes and individual attention focused on student success through internships, 研究, 社区参与.
Quotes about Diane Ackerman’s book 人类时代:
“Diane Ackerman’s vivid writing, inexhaustible stock of insights, unquenchable optimism have established her as a national treasure, as one of our great authors. If you’ve read any of her previous books, you already know why you’ll love this latest one. If you haven’t read her previous books, you’re now about to become addicted to Diane Ackerman.——贾里德·戴蒙德
“Ackerman has established herself over the last quarter of a century as one of our most adventurous, 有魅力的, engrossing public science writers. She has demonstrated a rare versatility, 具有传染性的好奇心, a gift for painting quick, memorable tableaus drawn from 研究 across a panoply of disciplines. 人类时代 displays all of these alluring qualities…人类时代 is a dazzling achievement: immensely readable, 活泼的, 剑, 大胆的.”
——《纽约时报书评
“Part immersion memoir and part journalism, 人类时代 is also many parts poetry. Optimism is her book’s overriding ambience. There is something for everyone here. 新闻 from afar and news from up close. 关于可能性的预言. Hope and wonder — for aren’t we all desperate for both?“芝加哥论坛报
“Fascinating… Ackerman offers a cross-cultural tour of human ingenuity. Her words invite us to feel the hope she feels.“华盛顿邮报
