FALL 2003 LECTURE SERIES
Thursday, November 6th, 2003, 6:00-7:30 p.m.

The World Policy Institute at New School University presents

IS THE WAR ON TERRORISM A WAR ON SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY?

a panel discussion with

ADAM BLY
Editor in Chief, SEED Magazine

BARRY STEINHARDT
Director, Technology and Liberty Project, American Civil Liberties Union

and

VICTOR W. SIDEL, MD.
Distinguished University Professor of Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx; editor, Terrorism and Public Health, Oxford University Press

Moderated by

CLAUDIA DREIFUS
Senior Fellow, The World Policy Institute, Contributing Writer, New York Times/Science Times

One aspect of the current war on terrorism is the degree to which it is impacting on the culture of American science. Beyond the fact that restrictive immigration rules are making university and laboratory staffings more difficult, the editors of a major professional journal have also agreed to pre-censor articles for sensitive information, science websites are being purged or abridge of data, the President's science advisor has been given the authority to classify information, and Homeland Security has become the hot contender for research dollars, draining funding away from basic research. The panel will review all the questions raised by the post 9/11 changes.

Thursday, November 6, 2003, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Swayduck Auditorium, First Floor, 65 Fifth Avenue (between East 13-14^th). Admission is free. Visit www.dialnsa.edu for a live webcast and online discussion.

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