HYBRID: For its 2022-23 season, the [Scientia Institute at Rice University](https://scientia.rice.edu/) is focusing on the “[Betterment of the World](https://scientia.rice.edu/betterment-world).”

“Rice University’s mission statement calls for ‘contributions to the betterment of the world.’ As we recover from a global pandemic, face a reckoning on racial injustice, and confront tipping points in climate change, income inequality, political polarization, automation, and other challenges, how do we answer this call? What actionable steps are necessary to raise awareness, build consensus, and solve urgent problems? What should it mean for research and education at Rice? Join us as Rice faculty discuss the cutting edge ideas and practical measures they are taking to help create a better world.”

### Lecture 7 | March 21, 2023, 4 p.m.

**Title:** “Confronting Environmental Change Through Fundamental Science”

**Hosted By Dean Thomas Killian**, Wiess School of Natural Sciences
[https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/thomas-c-killian](https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/thomas-c-killian)

**Presenters:**

**Adrienne Correa**, Assistant Professor of Biosciences
[https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/adrienne-ms-corre](https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/adrienne-ms-correa)a

**Raul Hernandez Sanchez**, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
[https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/raul-hernandez-sanchez](https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/raul-hernandez-sanchez)

**Cin-Ty Lee**, Harry Carothers Wiess Professor of Geology; Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
[https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/cin-ty-lee](https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/cin-ty-lee)

**Mark Torres**, Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
[https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/mark-torres](https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/mark-torres)

**Click [here](https://signup.rice.edu/DeansLect6/) to register for the lecture!**

**Click [here](https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/j/98631422074?pwd=bjBZdHF5T21DUmJhNmsvb3B1Z2s3dz09) to watch the lecture virtually!**

The event will be held in McMurtry Auditorium at Duncan Hall.

Duncan Hall on the Rice interactive map: [https://map.concept3d.com/?id=473#!ct/13398?s/Duncan%20Hall](https://map.concept3d.com/?id=473#!ct/13398?s/Duncan%20Hall)

**A reception with refreshments will follow the lecture.**

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