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Nicholas School's Pimm and Salzman Participate in Symposium Honoring Science's 125th Anniversary

Two faculty members at the Nicholas School took part in a high-profile symposium on the future of science, organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Science magazine, which AAAS publishes.

The symposium,“An Examination of the Unknowns that Will Drive Science in the Future,”was held in July at AAAS headquarters in Washington, D.C. Stuart L. Pimm, Doris Duke Professor of Conservation Ecology, and James Salzman, professor of environmental law and policy, took part in a panel discussion on sustainable development.They were among only a dozen or so researchers nationwide who were asked to participate in the symposium, which featured panel discussions on the nature of the cosmos;memories, consciousness and human life; and genes, proteins and disease.