PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

APRIL 4 CONFERENCE AT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA STRESSES NEED FOR ETHICAL
APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
	
	A conference on "Ethical Values in Environmental Conflicts,"
organized by all nine degree granting schools at the University of
Virginia, will bring together nationally respected leaders in ethics
and other fields April 4.

	Titled "Beyond Green" and sponsored by the University
President's Office with a gift from the Elis Olsson Memorial
Foundation, the day-long program is free and open to the public.  The
conference begins with a 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. session in Old Cabell
Hall Auditorium.  Kristin Shrader-Frechette, professor of philosophy
and environmental and risk analysis at the University of South Florida
and one of the country's leading authorities on environmental ethics,
will deliver a 9 a.m. keynote address on "Ethics and the Challenge of
Low-Dose Exposures."

	A 10:30 a.m. panel discussion, "Not in My Backyard!  Hard
Choices and Environmental Justice," will consider case studies of
hazards associated with placement of toxic waste dumps, incinerators,
homeless shelters and halfway houses.  Panelists will include a wide
range of experts.

	Afternoon programs April 4 will include concurrent sessions in
several locations around the University with numerous distinguished
visiting speakers and U.Va. faculty.

	For more information please call (804) 924-7116.

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March 11, 1997

START DATE:   Immediate
KILL DATE:      April 5, 1997