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When
When: Tuesday, October 16, 7:00 PM
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Where: Live-streaming at Belleville Public Library
Belleville Public Library will be live-streaming this Keynote event with author Dan Egan.
UW-Madison has announced Chancellor Rebecca Blank's selection for the 2018 Go Big Read: The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan, which is described as "a portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come."
About the author:
Dan Egan is a reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a senior water policy fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Freshwater Sciences, and the author of 2017 New York Times Notable Book The Death and Life of the Great Lakes. He has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and he has won the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, John B. Oakes Award, AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award, and J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award. A graduate of the Columbia Journalism School, he lives in Milwaukee with his wife and children.
Find out more in the official press release and mark your calendars for the keynote event:
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
7:00 P.M.
Memorial Union Theater – Shannon Hall
No tickets required
7:00 P.M.
Memorial Union Theater – Shannon Hall
No tickets required
Memorial Union Theater – Shannon Hall
No tickets required
Memorial Union Theater – Shannon Hall
No tickets required