Steve Koonin on Spartan Podcast
From MSU Today on Impact Radio: Steve Koonin is under secretary for science at the U.S. Department of Energy. He visited MSU on June 12, 2009.
Koonin discusses scientific priorities of the Obama Administration and about what we need to do to get on a more sustainable path to meeting our energy needs.
Koonin also highlights the most compelling applied benefits associated with investing in the cutting edge of basic nuclear science, of the type that will be done at FRIB. And he details how investing in basic science is related to long-term economic growth, an issue that’s top of mind in Michigan and across the United States.
Hosted by Russ White.
Hear the Conversation 9:06 – 5.2 mb mp3
And here is the audio of Koonin’s June 12, 2009 address at MSU:
Hear the Address 30:52 – 17.6 mb mp3
