Hi ESE – the 12th Annual ESE Symposium is coming up! Please see the information below to find out more about the event and RSVP to participate. It’s going to be a great event! Please join us for 12th Annual Ecological Sciences and Engineering (ESE) Symposium<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/ese/symposium/2018/index.html> on Tuesday, March 26th and Wednesday, March 27th! This year we're asking the Purdue and Lafayette communities to face a common question: what do science communication and the science-public interface look like in a "post-truth world?" The Symposium, titled In Data We Trust: Perceptions of Science in a Post-Truth World, will be featured as part of the Purdue Sesquicentennial Ideas Festival<https://takegiantleaps.com/> addressing a Sustainable Economy and Planet.<https://takegiantleaps.com/category/sustainable-economy-planet/> This year's Symposium events will focus on science communication (#SciComm) in its many forms and will feature speakers from around the country. You are invited to join us for the Symposium events. Please visit the links below for each event and RSVP while spaces are available! Visit the ESE Symposium website<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/ese/symposium/2018/index.html> to RSVP and to find more symposium information. ESE Symposium events: Tuesday, March 26th @ 6pm at Lafayette Brewing Company Science on Tap presents Science on Display <https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/ese/symposium/2018/index.html> featuring Jamē McCray with art displays by Liz Anna Kozik, Daniel Bird, and others, presented by ESE, the Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, and the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Wednesday, March 27th on Purdue’s campus How to Illustrate Your Science<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/ese/symposium/2018/index.html> (1:30 pm - 2:45 pm, STEW 214) featuring: Liz Anna Kozik, Ph.D student, Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison The Future of Science Communication - A moderated panel<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/ese/symposium/2018/speakers/panelists1.html> (3:00 pm - 4:30 pm, STEW 214 or 218 - TBD) featuring: Dr. Jeff Dukes, Director of Purdue Climate Change Research Center; Professor of Forestry & Natural Resources & Biological Sciences, Purdue University Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D candidate, University of Connecticut; Founder of Skype a Scientist Dr. Jamē McCray, Environmental Social Scientist, Sea Grant Katie O'Reilly, Ph.D candidate, University of Notre Dame; 2018 Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellow Dr. Shari Rudavsky, Health and Medicine Reporter, Indianapolis Star Symposium Keynote: Science in a Fact-Free World<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/ese/symposium/2018/speakers/keynote.html> (7:30 pm - 9:00 pm, Hiler Theater - WALC) featuring: Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, Director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech; Professor in Public Administration, Texas Tech University Dr. Hayhoe’s talk is being hosted in a small theater on campus to promote a lively discussion of these challenging issues, and interested members of the public and Purdue affiliates are encouraged to reserve a seat<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/ese/symposium/2018/speakers/keynote.html> while space remains. Ideas Festival - other opportunities to get involved: Monday, March 25th ​on Purdue's campus ​Poster Session hosted by the 150th Ideas Festival, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Campus Master Planning and Sustainability, and Ecological Sciences and Engineering Symposium – click here for more information<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/ese/symposium/2018/poster.html>. If you have any questions about the ESE symposium please contact ese@purdue.edu<mailto:ese@purdue.edu>. Best - The ESE Symposium Planning Team Deirdre Carmicheal Graduate Program Specialist - Ecological Sciences and Engineering<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/ese/index.html> Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/oigp/index.html> Purdue University Ernest C. Young Hall, Room B-40 155 S. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 Phone: (765) 494-0379 Email: dnolan@purdue.edu<mailto:dnolan@purdue.edu> [Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Leaps.png (300×66)] www.purdue.edu/giantleaps