IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10-26-04 CONTACT: PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
SILVER CITY—On Monday, Nov. 1, Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca, member and Vice President of the European Parliament since 1999 and the former professor of Atomic and Nuclear physics at the Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona and Director of the Laboratory of Radiation Physics, will present a public lecture on “Economic Development of the European Union and Its Implications for the U.S.A.,” at 7 p.m. in the Besse-Forward Global Resource Auditorium on the Western New Mexico University campus.
In a period when many relationships between European nations and the United States are being reshaped, Dr. Vidal-Quadras Roca’s visit is most timely, said Kathie Gilbert, WNMU special assistant for quality initiatives.
Dr. Vidal-Quadras Roca’s, who is also conversant on the new EU constitution, is visiting New Mexico at the invitation of Dr. Louis Ollivier, Associate Professor of Spanish at WNMU. He will visit Silver City as the guest of WNMU and the Silver City Grant County Economic Development Corporation.
A prolific writer of scientific publications, he also has published four books on social and political issues and is a regular columnist at the daily La Razòn and at the weekly magazine Època.
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