Keystone 新葡京线上娱乐 will kick off 2024年地球周活动 with a lecture featuring renowned author and naturalist Diane Ackerman on Sunday April 21, at 1 p.m. at the Theatre in Brooks on campus.

这场名为“人类时代：为什么我对我们的未来持乐观态度”的讲座是免费向公众开放的，由基斯顿学院生态俱乐部、荣誉学会和生物系赞助。 讲座结束后，阿克曼女士会来参加签售会，也可以买到书。 Space for the event is limited, so registration is required For more information, contact Keystone Woodlands Campus Director Kelley Stewart at [email protected] or call 570-945-8404 or 点击这里 to register. For information about Diane Ackerman visit https://www.dianeackerman.com/.

Ms. Ackerman is the author of two dozen highly-acclaimed works of poetry and nonfiction, including the New York Times bestsellers The Zookeeper’s Wife; 感官的自然史, and 人类时代. Her contributions to literature and science communication have been recognized with prestigious awards such as the 2022 Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication, and  the Henry David Thoreau Prize. 她也是普利策奖和NBCC奖的决赛选手。 Notably, Ms. Ackerman’s bestselling book, The Zookeeper’s Wife, was adapted into a critically acclaimed movie in 2017, depicting the true story of Jan and Antonina Zabinski’s heroic efforts to rescue hundreds during World War II.

这次讲座标志着Keystone地球周的开始，学院的生态俱乐部领导了一系列以环境为主题的活动。 整个星期，俱乐部将组织日常活动，包括环保手工艺、社区清洁活动、自然摄影比赛和与克里克步行者俱乐部合作的飞蝇钓鱼介绍等等。 The week will culminate in a traditional rubber duck race on the South Branch of Tunkhannock Creek, aimed at raising funds to support club members’ attendance at environmental conferences throughout the year.

被认为是宾夕法尼亚州东北部最好的教育价值之一，Keystone提供50多个本科和研究生学位选择，包括商业、通信、教育、自然科学、环境科学和社会科学等文科和理科课程。 坐落在一个美丽的276英亩的校园，15分钟从斯克兰顿，宾夕法尼亚州。 距离纽约市和费城两个小时的路程，Keystone以小班授课和通过实习、研究和社区参与关注学生成功的个人关注而闻名。

引用黛安·阿克曼的书《人类时代》：

“Diane Ackerman’s vivid writing, inexhaustible stock of insights, and unquenchable optimism have established her as a national treasure, and as one of our great authors. If you’ve read any of her previous books, you already know why you’ll love this latest one. If you haven’t read her previous books, you’re now about to become addicted to Diane Ackerman.” ——贾里德·戴蒙德

“Ackerman has established herself over the last quarter of a century as one of our most adventurous, charismatic, and engrossing public science writers. 她展示了罕见的多才多艺，具有感染力的好奇心，以及在跨学科研究中绘制快速，令人难忘的画面的天赋。 人类时代 displays all of these alluring qualities…人类时代 is a dazzling achievement: immensely readable, lively, polymathic, audacious.”

— New York Times Book Review

“Part immersion memoir and part journalism, 人类时代 is also many parts poetry. Optimism is her book’s overriding ambience. 这里有适合每个人的东西。 远处有消息，近处也有消息。 对可能性的预言。 Hope and wonder — for aren’t we all desperate for both?”–Chicago Tribune

“Fascinating… Ackerman offers a cross-cultural tour of human ingenuity. 她的话让我们感受到她所感受到的希望。”–Washington Post