Chernobyl, 25 years later: WWU's Ed Vajda, who covered the event for CBS, to discuss April 26

April 26, 2011, marks the 25th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster. Edward Vajda, a professor in Western Washington University's Center for International Studies, worked as a translator and news analyst in the Moscow office of CBS News during the crisis. In a presentation at noon April 26 in College Hall Room 131 on the WWU campus, he'll describe what it was like helping cover the story. He'll also assess the political and environmental effects of the disaster a quarter of a century later.

Vajda's presentation, “The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: 25 Years Later,” is free and open to the public. The lecture is part of the International Lecture Series from the Center for International Studies.