ESE All-Cohort Series for Students and Faculty ESE Keystone Series Wednesday, January 25th 5:30-7:30PM Discovery Learning Research Center (DLRC) The series will be discussed further this coming Tuesday, Jan. 10th at ESE Colloquium/Seminar, Lilly 2-425 at 4:45PM. You may have heard about the proposed TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline <https://owa.purdue.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=778920ef180b40b59d314c08b0b0e80b&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fKeystone_Pipeline> from the Canadian Tar Sands. The current Keystone XL proposal<http://www.keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov/clientsite/keystonexl.nsf?Open> exists in the middle of a climate change, air quality, water quality, environmental justice, indigenous representation, North American trade, energy security, and private property rights nexus. It relies on big picture thinkers to connect the dots, and detail-oriented masters to see the trees through the dense information forest<http://opencrs.com/document/R41668/2011-03-04/>. The pipeline proposal is one of the most significant interdisciplinary topics happening in ecological and policy sciences today. However, recent politicized rhetoric<http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/Article/2956270/Latest-News/US-Republicans-pressure-Obama-for-decision-on-Keystone-XL-pipeline.html> has influenced national discussion on the topic. This provides an incredible and pressing opportunity to explore a complex, international issue from many different angles across physical and social science perspectives. Information leading up to and included in the January 25th event is intended to give ESE students and faculty an opportunity to become familiar with the topic, including the literature, viewpoints, and interdisciplinary perspectives surrounding the pipeline proposal. This all-cohort event will be followed by a panel discussion in February, open to ESE, other campus programs, and the public. Stay tuned for more updates, mark January 25th on your calendar, and to learn more about what's happening or become involved in the process from the ground up, consider attending Tuesday, Jan. 10th, ESE Colloquium/Seminar. We'll share more information, specifically how to be involved in the all-cohort effort to investigate information resources, develop key topics of interest, and engage the ESE and broader Purdue communities. Sent on behalf of the ESE Keystone Series Spring 2012 Student Leadership Team Linda S. Lee Ecological Science & Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Program Head http://www.purdue.edu/ese/<http://www.purdue.edu/dp/ese/> Professor, Environmental Chemistry, http://www.agry.purdue.edu/staffbio/lslbio.htm Associate Head, Purdue University, Department of Agronomy Crop Soil & Environmental Sciences 915 W. State Street, 3-363 Lilly Hall West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054 Office: (765) 494-8612; Cell (765) 414-3086 Fax (765) 496-2926