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2/14/12

Jed Horne

Author of Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City, former editor and reporter with The Times-Picayune

Date February 14, 2012, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
Access Open Forum
Topic Envisioning recovery after a major catastrophe: From Katrina to Fukushima

Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, UCF Office of Undergraduate Studies, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF Office of Diversity Initiatives, The Isle of Man Small Countries Programat UCF, UCF LIFE, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF Political Science Department and the Global Connections Foundation

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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2011-2012 university-wide theme “Covering Global Crises from the Frontlines” and a co-curricular component of the UCF General Education Program Unifying Theme “The Environment and Global Climate Change”