{"id":15879,"date":"2016-03-21T11:39:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T15:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=15879"},"modified":"2016-03-21T11:39:34","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T15:39:34","slug":"bill-nye-encourages-students-help-change-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/bill-nye-encourages-students-help-change-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Nye Encourages Students to Help &#8216;Change the World&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 16, 2016 &#8211; By Daniela Marin<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15881\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15881\" class=\"wp-image-15881 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/03\/NSC-Bill-Nye-After-story.jpg\" alt=\"NSC Bill Nye - After story\" width=\"375\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/03\/NSC-Bill-Nye-After-story.jpg 375w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/03\/NSC-Bill-Nye-After-story-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/03\/NSC-Bill-Nye-After-story-299x199.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Nye the Science Guy listens to a student&#8217;s question after his seminar on March 15. &#8211; Daniela Marin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With the same bow tie, sense of humor and knack for explaining things, Bill Nye the Science Guy broke down a new topic at the University of Central Florida on March 15 \u2013 changing the world.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day as the Florida presidential primaries, a crowd of nearly 1,000 people, young and old, sat in the Pegasus Ballroom to hear Nye\u2019s message.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the guests were donning bow ties themselves, and attended because of Nye\u2019s role as a childhood hero, but walked away with a reminder of the importance of scientific discovery and environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile you\u2019re addressing climate change, while you\u2019re voting in the primaries, while you\u2019re influencing the course of human history, don\u2019t lose sight of this optimistic view of the future that comes from exploration,\u201d Nye told the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The event marked the annual community summit on the environment and global climate change hosted by the Global Perspectives Office and UCF\u2019s Unifying Theme.<\/p>\n<p>Nye\u2019s visit to UCF is the result of a campus-wide community effort involving 14 co-sponsors that has been in the works for a year, according to Jessica Gagnon, assistant director of the Global Perspectives Office.<\/p>\n<p>Nye\u2019s latest book, \u201cUnstoppable,\u201d discusses the reality of climate change and encourages societies to work together to find innovative solutions through science. That, and nostalgia, made Nye the perfect speaker for the event, Gagnon said.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading the story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicholsonstudentmedia.com\/life\/bill-nye-encourages-students-to-help-change-the-world\/article_4f15b7aa-ebbb-11e5-a5e2-67a811c6af8b.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Story originally published on March 16, 2016\u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicholsonstudentmedia.com\/\">NSM.today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 16, 2016 &#8211; By Daniela Marin &nbsp; With the same bow tie, sense of humor and knack for explaining things, Bill Nye the Science Guy broke down a new topic at the University of Central Florida on March 15 \u2013 changing the world. 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