Oct. 4 event will feature scholar, author Richard Jackson; tickets available now

Richard Jackson, a scholar whose work has reached a wider audience through his role as author, host and narrator of the Public Broadcasting Service series Designing Healthy Communities, will be the featured speaker at the Ecology Center’s annual fall event October 4.

Jackson, one of the country’s most influential scholars on environmental health and its role in the design of sustainable communities, is professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Health at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health. He has published numerous articles on environmental impacts on health ranging from toxicology, chemical body burdens, terrorism, sustainability, climate change, urban design and architecture.

The Ecology Center’s fall event will include a reception and dinner with presentation to follow at the University of Michigan Union Ballroom.