Discuss “Student to conduct nuclear policy survey on campus”

Senior computer science major Josh Schnarr reads the newspaper every day. However, he said he didn?t know any specific information about U.S. nuclear policy.

That may change over the next four weeks as part of an independent study project by Erik Sorenson, a senior in the physics department. Sorenson will attempt to measure, then enhance, CMU students? knowledge of nuclear weapons policy through a series of surveys and articles over the next month.

Despite its importance as a part of international policy, information about nuclear weapons isn?t often reported in the news, said Lincoln Wolfenstein, professor emeritus of physics and Sorenson?s advisor for the project.

Wolfenstein, whose interest in nuclear issues dates back to when he learned...