LUCERNE >> Visiting Marymount California University professor Allen Franz began a guest lecture series at Marymount”s Lakeside Campus in Lucerne on Oct. 8.
The first lecture in the short series was entitled “Water, the Essential Molecule.” The presentation provided background on the basic physics, chemistry and astronomy of water.
Franz, an environmental anthropologist, has been a Marymount faculty member for more than 30 years in Southern California, and has conducted multidisciplinary research in Latin America, Europe and Africa, as well as California and other western states.
In recent years, Franz was selected to lead a National Science Foundation program for college instructors on Geology, Climate and Ecology of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada and as a collaborator in a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Field Institute.
For information or to make reservations, contact: mscully@marymountcalifornia.edu.
The university campus is located at 3700 Country Club Drive in Lucerne.
