Sept 23 2008 - Science Journalist Andrew Revkin to Lead off Arts and Lectures Series

Award-winning New York Times science reporter and author Andrew Revkin will kick off Eastern Connecticut State University's 2008-09 Arts and Lectures Series on Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. in the Betty R. Tipton Room of the Student Center. Revkin has spent a quarter of a century covering subjects ranging from Hurricane Katrina and the Asian tsunami to the assault on the Amazon, and from the troubled relationship of science and politics to climate change at the North Pole. He has reported on the environment for The New York Times since 1995, a job that has taken him to the Arctic three times since 2003. That year, he became one of the first journalists to file stories and photos from the floating sea ice around the North Pole.

Revkin's work has won many journalism awards, including honors from the National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Association of Science Writers and Investigative Reporters and Editors. His third book, "The North Pole Was Here: Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World," was simultaneously named an Outstanding Science Book and Social Studies Book by the Children's Book Council. Revkin is also the author of 1990's New York Times Notable Book of the Year "The Burning Season," which was the basis for the HBO film of the same name and 1992's "Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast."

Revkin conceived a three-part Times series and award-winning documentary on the transforming Arctic. He recently exposed efforts by political appointees to rewrite government climate reports in the White House and prevent NASA scientists from conveying their views on warming. Revkin has a bachelor's degree in biology from Brown, a master's degree in journalism from Columbia, and has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Pace University for his pioneering focus on climate change.

Tickets for Arts and Lectures Series events are $10 for the general public and can be reserved by calling 860-465-0036 or sending an e-mail to tickets@easternct.edu. For more information on the 2008-09 series, visit http://www.easternct.edu/ecsu/arts_lecture .