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Science Pub to focus on activism

Science activism and the role it plays in aiding communities vulnerable to environmental risks will be the topic of the Oregon State University Science Pub on March 8.

The virtual event, a joint effort of Oregon State University in Corvallis and OSU-Cascades in Bend, will feature a talk by Robert Melchior Figueroa, an associate professor of environmental justice and philosophy at Oregon State’s School of History, Philosophy, and Religion. His presentation is titled “The Moral Terrains of Science Activism and Environmental Justice.”

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