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James Hansen was given a standing ovation for his lecture at this year’s Nobel Conference.

James Hansen was given a standing ovation for his lecture at this year’s Nobel Conference.

Thursday, October 4, 2007 (48 weeks ago)

“Gustavus Adolphus College put a physicist, a geoscientist, an engineer and an economist all in the same room and asked them how to save the Earth’s environment. They all said: Put a price on carbon dioxide,” writes H.J. Cummins in a Star Tribune article about the 2007 Nobel Conference.

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Gustavus Adolphus College is a private liberal arts college in St. Peter, Minn., that prepares 2,600 undergraduates for lives of leadership, service, and lifelong learning. The oldest Lutheran college in Minnesota, Gustavus was founded in 1862 by Swedish immigrants and named for Swedish King Gustav II Adolf. At Gustavus, students receive personal attention in small-sized classes and engage in collaborative research with their professors. Fully accredited and known for its strong science, writing, music, athletics, study-abroad, and service-learning programs, Gustavus hosts a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and is internationally recognized for its annual Nobel Conference®.

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