The 2017 Academy Town Square series of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University kicks off Thursday, Jan. 26, with Sen. Bob Casey, in a talk and panel discussion co-hosted with PennEnvironment. Casey will discuss the effects of climate change on the health of Pennsylvanians, particularly children.

Casey and a panel of health and other officials will address these issues and initiatives to promote clean energy in the first Academy Town Square of the year. Among the panelists is Jerry Fagliano, chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health.

The Academy Town Square is free. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. and the talk begins at 7:15 p.m

The Academy’s Town Square series is made possible by Warren Environmental Counsel.