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Thomas Friedman '75 to speak on 'Hot, Flat, and Crowded' book
by Anya Bergman and Mike Prada
News | 10/7/08
Posted online at 4:29 AM EST on 10/7/08
Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman '75 will speak about his new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution-and How It Can Renew America, and the importance of energy technology for the future on Oct. 16, Senior Vice President for Communications Lorna Miles wrote in a Sept. 29 campuswide e-mail.
Students, faculty and staff could receive individual tickets through a lottery system, due to "limited seating in Spingold," Miles wrote. They could register for the lottery up until last Friday by clicking on a link provided in the e-mail and providing their UNet ID and password. Winners were notified yesterday via e-mail. Spingold Theater Center holds approximately 750 people.
Miles wrote that the event will also be simulcast live in the Shapiro Campus Center.
Friedman said he was invited to speak by the University. According to his Web site, Friedman argues in his book that the U.S. embarking on a national strategy to embrace the Green Movement "is not only what we need to save the planet from overheating; it is what we need to make America healthier, richer, more innovative, more productive, and more secure."
"[Energy technology] is going to be the next great global industry," Friedman said in a telephone interview with the Justice. "If we want to be strong as a country, we need to be sure we dominate that industry."
He added that energy technology and "things that deal with … energy efficiency and conservation are all going to be growth industries."
Friedman, who was the keynote speaker at the 2007 commencement ceremony, said the book is directed toward college students who will grow up in the world he discusses in the book.
"The world you're going to grow up in … is going to be increasingly hot, defined by climate change, flat and crowded [because of] population growth," he said.
Friedman will speak at 3 p.m. in Spingold Theater.
The book is Friedman's fifth published book and third on economic matters, following The Lexus and the Olive Tree in 1999 and The World is Flat in 2005. He won Pulitzer Prizes in 1983 and 1988 for his work as a New York Times reporter in Israel and Lebanon, respectively, and also won a 2002 Pulitzer for his commentary on the Sept. 11 attacks. He was awarded with an honorary degree at Brandeis in 2007.
Students, faculty and staff could receive individual tickets through a lottery system, due to "limited seating in Spingold," Miles wrote. They could register for the lottery up until last Friday by clicking on a link provided in the e-mail and providing their UNet ID and password. Winners were notified yesterday via e-mail. Spingold Theater Center holds approximately 750 people.
Miles wrote that the event will also be simulcast live in the Shapiro Campus Center.
Friedman said he was invited to speak by the University. According to his Web site, Friedman argues in his book that the U.S. embarking on a national strategy to embrace the Green Movement "is not only what we need to save the planet from overheating; it is what we need to make America healthier, richer, more innovative, more productive, and more secure."
"[Energy technology] is going to be the next great global industry," Friedman said in a telephone interview with the Justice. "If we want to be strong as a country, we need to be sure we dominate that industry."
He added that energy technology and "things that deal with … energy efficiency and conservation are all going to be growth industries."
Friedman, who was the keynote speaker at the 2007 commencement ceremony, said the book is directed toward college students who will grow up in the world he discusses in the book.
"The world you're going to grow up in … is going to be increasingly hot, defined by climate change, flat and crowded [because of] population growth," he said.
Friedman will speak at 3 p.m. in Spingold Theater.
The book is Friedman's fifth published book and third on economic matters, following The Lexus and the Olive Tree in 1999 and The World is Flat in 2005. He won Pulitzer Prizes in 1983 and 1988 for his work as a New York Times reporter in Israel and Lebanon, respectively, and also won a 2002 Pulitzer for his commentary on the Sept. 11 attacks. He was awarded with an honorary degree at Brandeis in 2007.
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