2025 Sustaining Our World Lecture featuring Hilary Franz – former WA State Commissioner of Public Lands
On April 10, 2025 SEFS will be welcoming the Former Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands to Kane Hall for its annual Sustaining Our World lecture series. This year’s topic is “Climate Change And Resilience: How Science And Solutions Can Bring Society Together.”
Climate change can be a great unifier, if we will let it.
Guest Lecture: Dr. Richard Vlosky – Cross-Laminated Timber in the U.S. South: Changes in Sector Influence and Sawmill Engagement Over the Past Five Years
Who: Please join us in welcoming Dr. Richard Vlosky from Louisiana State University. Dr. Vlosky is a UW alumni and is the Crosby Land & Resource Endowed Professor of Forest Sector Business Development at LSU.
Read more2023 Sustaining Our World Lecture: Forest Stewardship in the 21st Century
The UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences is proud to welcome Dr. Jerry Franklin, SEFS Emeritus Professor, as the 2023 Sustaining Our World Speaker.
Dr. Franklin will present “What the Old Forests Taught Us: Forest Stewardship in the 21st Century,” and a short Q&A will be held after the presentation.
National Geographic Fellow, Wildlife Ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant to present 2022 Sustaining Our World Lecture
The UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences is proud to welcome Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant, wildlife ecologist and conservation scientist, as the 2022 Sustaining Our World Speaker.
Dr. Wynn-Grant, who is also a National Geographic Fellow, will present “Ecology, Evolution, & Intersectional Identities: Reimagining Environmental Education,” and a short Q&A will be held after the presentation.
SEFS Associate Professor Indroneil Ganguly to discuss how building with wood from sustainability harvested forests is a carbon-neutral alternative
The UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences own Associate Professor and Associate Director of CINTRAFOR Indroneil Ganguly will present this week’s SEFS Seminar. He will be discussing how building with sustainably harvested forests is a carbon-neutral alternative to typical building development.
Read more2021 SEFS Year-End Awards winners announced
Every spring, the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences recognizes a number of people within the SEFS community for their efforts over the previous year. Given the difficulties of the past year and a half, the SEFS Awards Committee opted to award two people per award.
Read moreRSVP now for “Lessons from Plants: Insight for Human Thriving”
This year, SEFS is proud to welcome Dr. Beronda L. Montgomery as the 2021 Sustaining Our World Lecture speaker. She will present, “Lessons from Plants: Insights for Human Thriving.”
Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Time: 5 p.m.
SEFS to welcome Dr. Beronda L. Montgomery as 2021 Sustaining Our World Lecture speaker
UW’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences is proud to welcome Dr. Beronda L. Montgomery as the 2021 Sustaining Our World Lecture speaker on April 14. She will present, “Lessons From Plants: Insights For Human Thriving.”
Montgomery is a writer, science communicator, and Michigan State University Foundation Professor in the Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics.
SEFS students, faculty to participate in WACFWRU Graduate Student Symposium on Oct 28
Please join the Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit for their annual Graduate Student Symposium on 3-6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
The WACFWRU Graduate Student Symposium features graduate student presentations on cutting-edge research in the science and conservation of fish, wildlife, and their habitats in Washington, the Pacific Northwest, and beyond, including a number of UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences faculty and students.
Lisa Graumlich, Melissa Watkinson to present “Queer in STEM” seminar this week
The dean of the UW College of the Environment and an environmental outreach specialist at the College will present this week’s SEFS Seminar on queer representation in STEM fields.
Dean Lisa Graumlich and Melissa K.