SEFS Seminars to kick off with “Lessons from Nature for an Uncertain Future”
The first SEFS Seminar of the spring quarter 2021 will be presented by Ruth DeFries, a professor of ecology and sustainable development at Columbia University in New York.
DeFries will present “Lessons from Nature for an Uncertain Future” at 3:30 p.m.
RSVP 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.
UW Chapter of the Wildlife Society to hold virtual talk with conservationist Chris Morgan
The UW Chapter of the Wildlife Society is looking ahead to a year of interesting virtual talks and activities, starting with a conservation talk with filmmaker and KUOW host Chris Morgan.
Arun Agrawal to present “Cash transfer programs and climate resilience” at Oct. 14 SEFS Seminar
On Oct. 14, SEFS will welcome Arun Agrawal, Professor at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, as the SEFS Seminar speaker.
Agrawal will present “Cash transfer programs and climate resilience.” Here is the abstract for his presentation:
“This review focuses on the relationship between cash transfer-based social assistance programs and the climate resilience of households and communities.
Watch Timothy Egan’s Sustaining Our World lecture
On April 13, the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences welcomed Timothy Egan, National Book Award winner, author and journalist, as the 2020 Sustaining Our World lecture speaker. Due to Washington’s Stay Home, Stay Healthy Order, the lecture was held virtually.
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UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences is proud to welcome Timothy Egan, National Book Award winner and New York Times op-ed writer, as the 2020 Sustaining Our World lecture. Given the social distancing restrictions currently in place for Washington state, SEFS will be holding the presentation virtually.
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