Pamela Matson, Dean of the School of Earth Sciences, chairs a discussion on "Assessing Katrina: Dealing with Disasters" at the Fairchild Auditorium in the Stanford University Medical School March 6th at 7:30pm.

Speakers include Charles Perrow, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Yale University; Mark Ghilarducci, Vice President Western Region, James Lee Witt and Associates; Elisabeth Paté-Cornell, The Burton J. and DeeDee McMurtry Professor, School of Engineering; and Gary Schoolnik, Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases).

Students, Faculty and Staff are encouraged to attend.

This series is part of Earth System 105 and is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by the Stanford School of Earth Sciences, Woods Institute for the Environment, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and Stanford Continuing Studies.