The Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies at Marion University will host a presentation on global warming.  Guest speaker Dr. Brian J. Soden is a professor of meteorology and physical oceanography at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science. Soden specializes in the use of satellite observations to test and improve computer model simulations of climate change.  Dr. Soden has published peer-reviewed papers  related to the response of the climate system to global warming and  served as a lead author of the 2007 report for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has been involved in climate science for more than a decade and his work has been widely featured in scientific journals including Science and Nature.  His awards include the American Meteorological Society's Henry G. Houghton Award, the National Space Club's David S. Johnson Award, and the NASA H.E. Langley award.  Click here for more information.   Register for this free event.