| Previous Events | November 13, 2009Water and Health: Global Issues and Our Shared ResponsibilitiesThe New York Academy of Sciences
7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, 40th Floor
New York, NY 10007
1.15 -7 p.m. |
| During his presidential campaign, President Barack Obama frequently asserted that water is one of the critical challenges facing the twenty-first century.Since taking office he has highlighted several aspects of this pressing issue, including universal access to clean water, the increasingly complex politics of water, and the crumbling water infrastructure which poses threats in even the most economically developed nations. None of this is news to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Abel Wolman, who, in 1919, pioneered the chlorine disinfection process for public water supplies, joined the School's faculty in 1936, and researchers at the School continue to be actively engaged in water science. To echo President Obama's call to action and to publicize the challenges of water-related public health issues, the Bloomberg School hosted a symposium devoted to the topic on Friday, November 13, at the New York Academy of Sciences in lower Manhattan.
For the full agenda, go to www.nyas.org/water Missed the event? You can watch the event via webinar. | DirectionsNew York City Public TransitFares on the New York City transit system are $2.25 per trip (includes one free transfer?bus to bus, or bus to train, or train to bus). You can also purchase a multiple-ride or unlimited-ride MetroCard and receive discounted fares. Buses accept MetroCards or exact change only. New York City Subway2, 3 to Park Place
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E to World Trade Center
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4, 5 or J, M, Z to Fulton Street
(Please note that the Cortlandt Street subway station is temporarily out of service.) New York City BusesM1, M6, M20, and M22 to Chambers Street PATH Rail SystemFares on the PATH system are $1.75 per trip (pay-per-ride MetroCards are accepted at each station). Service to the World Trade Center is available from Newark Penn Station, Jersey City, and Hoboken in New Jersey. When you arrive at WTC, the Vesey Street exit will put you just in front of 7 World Trade Center. |
| ContactPhilippa MooreAssociate Director of Alumni Relations
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
E Mail: pmoore@jhsph.edu
Phone: (410) 614-5019
Fax: (410) 614-2405 |
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