http://www.lycoming.edu/news/ Read news from Lycoming College This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. http://www.lycoming.edu/news/viewStoryNew.aspx?id=266&galleryID=0 <p style="text-align: justify;">WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Lycoming College will host an interfaith panel discussion titled, &ldquo;The Spiritual Dimension of Water,&rdquo; on Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. in the College&rsquo;s Mary L. Welch Honors Hall. Lycoming faculty and spiritual leaders in the community will examine the vital issue of water shortage from many different perspectives.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Panelists include Dr. Richard Hughes, professor of religion at Lycoming; Dr. Mel Zimmerman, professor of biology and director of the College&rsquo;s Clean Water institute; Sr. Catherine Ann Gilvary, Lycoming campus minister; Rev. Gwen Bernstine, Rabbi Shaul A. Rappeport, Rev. Dai-En Bennage and Rev. Daishin McCabe. Dr. Steven Johnson, professor and chair of Lycoming&rsquo;s religion department, will serve as moderator.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The United Nations predicts that by 2025, roughly 15 years from now, approximately one-third of the human species will be living under absolute water scarcity conditions, and that two-thirds will be living under extreme water stress. The panel will explore how religious traditions can help in responding to this claim.</p> Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EST