{"id":61823,"date":"2011-03-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-vetlesen-lecture-series-continues-with-filmmakers-talk-on-threatened-underwater-habitats-april-5\/"},"modified":"2011-03-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T00:00:00","slug":"uri-vetlesen-lecture-series-continues-with-filmmakers-talk-on-threatened-underwater-habitats-april-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2011\/03\/uri-vetlesen-lecture-series-continues-with-filmmakers-talk-on-threatened-underwater-habitats-april-5\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Vetlesen Lecture Series continues with filmmaker\u2019s talk on threatened underwater habitats, April 5"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 28, 2011 \u2013 Filmmaker and author Norbert Wu is the next speaker in the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Vetlesen Lecture Series on the state of the oceans. His lecture, \u201cExploring the World\u2019s Notable and Threatened Underwater Habitats,\u201d is on April 5 at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n


\n\tHis presentation, in Edward\u2019s Auditorium on the 溏心vlog免费B站 Kingston campus, is part of the University\u2019s Vetlesen lecture series on \u201cThe State of the Oceans\u201d in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Graduate School of Oceanography. Sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Arts and Sciences, the event is free and open to the public. <\/p>\n


\n\tHis illustrated lecture will document the most unique and threatened underwater habitats in the world and the challenges that they face.<\/p>\n


\nWu\u2019s writing and photography have appeared in numerous books, films, and magazines, and he is the author and photographer of seventeen books on wildlife and photography, including a children\u2019s book series on the oceans. Exhibits of his work have been shown at the American Museum of Natural History, the California Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Museum of Wildlife Art.<\/p>\n


\nWu is the only photographer to have been awarded a Pew Marine Conservation Fellowship, the world’s most prestigious award in ocean conservation and outreach. In that capacity, he documented the ongoing alteration of the marine environment, including the deterioration of coral reefs around the world and the collapse of global fisheries.<\/p>\n


\nHe was named Outstanding Photographer of the Year in 2004 by the North American Nature Photographers Association, the highest honor an American nature photographer given by his peers. In 2000, he was awarded the Antarctica Service Medal “for his contributions to exploration and science in the U.S. Antarctic Program.” <\/p>\n


\nThose unable to attend the lecture can watch it live online 溏心vlog免费B站 Live!<\/a> <\/a>

\nThe lecture series is sponsored by the G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation, with individual lectures supported by the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Arts & Sciences, the Harrington School of Communication and Media, and Rhode Island Sea Grant. The series is coordinated by Professors Steven D\u2019Hondt, Arthur Spivack and Judith Swift, and Sunshine Menezes, director of the Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting.<\/p>\n


\nThe remaining speakers in the series are:<\/p>\n


\nApr. 12 \u2013 Deborah Kelley, professor of marine geology and geophysics at the University of Washington, on \u201cMeasuring Change Across the Global Ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nApr. 26 \u2013 Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. senator, on \u201cSteering a Course Toward a National Ocean Policy.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nFor more information about the lecture series, visit www.uri.edu\/vetlesen<\/a> or contact the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Center at 401-874-2381 or debg@uri.edu.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 28, 2011 \u2013 Filmmaker and author Norbert Wu is the next speaker in the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Vetlesen Lecture Series on the state of the oceans. His lecture, \u201cExploring the World\u2019s Notable and Threatened Underwater Habitats,\u201d is on April 5 at 7:30 p.m. His presentation, in Edward\u2019s Auditorium on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}