The Environmental Science, Policy & Engineering program at Union College kicks off the Winter seminar series Thursday, 20 January 2011. This is the 14th year that this series has been run by the ESP&E program. Since its inception, this seminar series has tackled some of the key environmental issues that we face as a society. The first winter seminar was in 1998 on the topic of "Global climate change."

Thursday, January 20, 7:00 PM
Jeffrey Smith, Institute for Responsible Technology
The Dirty Secrets Behind the
Genetically Modified Foods You Are Eating

Wednesday, February 2, 7:00 PM
Dr. Ronald Herring, Cornell University
Global Rifts over Biotechnology:
Science, Politics and Political Science

Wednesday, February 16, 7:00 PM
Dr. Michael Hansen, Consumers Union
Genetically Engineered Plants and Animals:
Answers to Questions They Don't Want Asked (Science, Regulation, Environmental and Human Health Impacts).

Tuesday, February 22, 7:00 PM
Dr. Janice Thies, Cornell University
Environmental Considerations in the Use of
Transgenic Crops

All talks are free and open to the public. All are at 7 PM in the Nott Memorial. Parking is available on campus a short walk to the Nott Memorial.

Past ESP Winter Seminar series at Union can be seen here.