http://www.purdue.edu/dp/energy/ Energy Center Events RSS Feed http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008a/080624HirlemanFriedman.html Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Thomas L. Friedman, the foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times, will speak at Purdue University on Sept. 19 about his upcoming book "Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - and How It Can Renew America." Friedman, whose talk will begin at 7 p.m. in the Elliott Hall of Music, has reported on the current Middle East conflicts, the end of the Cold War, U.S. domestic politics and foreign policy, international economics, and the worldwide impact of the terrorist threat. The College of Engineering - including its Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Global Engineering Program, and School of Mechanical Engineering - has partnered with the Center for the Environment, Energy Center, Office of the Provost and Purdue Climate Change Research Center in sponsoring his speech and related activities that week. The speech is free and open to the public, but tickets are required in order to reserve a seat. Tickets can be picked up at the Elliott Hall of Music after Aug. 25.