Starting Fall 2020, the Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability will host weekly seminars, inviting guests and colleagues to speak on topics related to ecosystem science and sustainability science.
This semester, our webinars will focus on big data for environmental justice and sustainability; urban sustainability; and sustainability education, research and higher-education institutions.
The seminars will be held virtually using Microsoft Teams’ live events on Tuesdays during the Fall 2020 semester from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
| Date | Presenter and Affiliation | Seminar Title | Registration Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theme: Big Data for Environmental Justice and Sustainability | |||
| September 8 | Sacoby Wilson Associate Professor Director, Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health (CEEJH) Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, School of Public Health University of Maryland, College Park | Community-Engaged Environmental Justice Research: Approaches, Issues, and Impact | |
| September 15 | Grace Bulltail Biological Systems Engineering Nelson Institute Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment University of Wisconsin, Madison | Preserving Tribal Resources Through Tribal Sovereignty & Indigenous Land Stewardship | |
| September 22 | Jennifer Burney Associate Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy University of California, San Diego | Untangling the Effects of Air Pollution on Crops in the US | Register Here! |
| Theme: Building the Vision and Platform for Front Range Urban Long-term Ecological Research | |||
| October 6 | Diane Pataki Professor, Biology Associate Vice President for Research Adjunct Professor, City & Metropolitan Planning University of Utah | Projecting Nature: Reflections on the Science of ‘Ecological for Cities' | |
| October 13 | Liz Blood Program Director, Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Ecological Systems and the Ecosystem Science Cluster National Science Foundation | Communities in the 21st Century: Research Challenges and Opportunities | |
| October 20 | Morgan Grove Research Forester, Communities and Landscapes of the Urban Northeast US Forest Service | From Project to Platform: Lessons from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study LTER for Transdisciplinary Science | |
| October 27 | Mary Cadenasso Professor, Plant Sciences University of California, Davis | Importance of Multi-scale Research for Understanding Cities as Coproduced Social-ecological Systems | |
| Theme: Sustainability Education, Research, and Institutions of Higher Education | |||
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| December 8 | |||