First of YSU's 2016 lectures on energy and the environment is Wednesday

YOUNGSTOWN — Dr. Patricia DeMarco will discuss “Pathway to a Sustainable Future” in a lecture set for 7 p.m. Wednesday in Room B112, Cushwa Hall, on the campus of Youngstown State University. The event is the first in YSU’s energy and the environment lecture series.

DeMarco is a visiting researcher and writer and a native of Pittsburgh. She earned a doctorate in biology from the University of Pittsburgh and has spent a 30-year career in energy and environmental policy in both private and public sector positions.

On Nov. 3, 2015, DeMarco was elected to the Forest Hills Borough Council as an at-large member for a four-year term that began Jan. 4.

The lecture is free and open to the public. There is free on-street parking after 5 p.m. at the metered parking spaces along Lincoln Avenue and nearby streets. For information on other guests in the lecture series, visit tinyurl.com/YSU-Energy-S16.