This week the Sagan National Colloquium on Data in Our Lives is excited to present Edward Snowden live in Gray Chapel. Schedule and details below. Hope to see you there!
Edward Snowden
Wednesday, September 28, 7 p.m.
Gray Chapel
Edward Snowden is a former intelligence officer who served the CIA, NSA, and DIA for nearly a decade as a subject matter expert on technology and cybersecurity. In 2013, he revealed that the NSA was seizing the private records of billions of individuals who had not been suspected of any wrongdoing, resulting in the most significant reforms to US surveillance policy since 1978.
As a result of the disclosures made by Snowden, the US government has charged him with multiple violations of the Espionage Act. He is a deeply controversial figure, having been called variously a “traitor,” a “whistleblower,” and a “patriot.” His critics assert that his revelations have damaged US national security, while his defenders claim that his disclosures were necessary to reign in unconstitutional government surveillance programs both in the US and abroad.
Snowden has received awards for courage, integrity, and public service, and was named the top global thinker of 2013 by Foreign Policy magazine. Today, he works on methods of enforcing human rights through the application and development of new technologies. He joined the board of Freedom of the Press Foundation in February 2014.
This event is co-sponsored by the OWU Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. For more information on this and other SNC events please visit our webpage at owu.edu/snc or follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SaganNC/ and/or Twitter at https://twitter.com/SNCatOWU.
Craig Jackson, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Sean McCulloch, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
About the Sagan National Colloquium:
Established in 1984, Ohio Wesleyan University’s Sagan National Colloquium annually explores an issue of national and international significance from multiple educational angles. The Colloquium forges links between liberal arts learning and the lifelong civic art of informed, involved citizenship.
In 1999, the Colloquium was endowed by 1948 OWU alumni John and Margaret Sagan, now deceased. Throughout their lives, the Sagans tirelessly dedicated their expertise and energy to their alma mater, significantly benefiting the University and its students.