Earth Lab Events
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Thursday, Oct 30, 2025, 5 – 6 p.m. PDT Join us for an informal social mixer for graduate students interested in the environmental humanities! This gathering marks the kickoff of our year as a graduate student research cluster supported by the Simpson Center for the Humanities.The goal of our research cluster is to leverage environmental expertise at UW to […]
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Boise, Idaho Tuesday, Nov 4, 2025, 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. PST The Idaho Department of Water Resources and Boise State University will host the Pacific Northwest Water Summit on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 8:30 am to 5 pm MT at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho.To support this effort, state and regional partners from Washington and Oregon – including […]
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Online (Zoom) Wednesday, Nov 5, 2025, 2 – 3 p.m. PST Sharing Your Science with the Media to Highlight its Value to the Public- with Allison Agsten, Director of the USC Annenberg Center for Climate Journalism and Communication -It’s never been more important to strengthen public support for the critical science that benefits society and our responses to climate change. In this […]
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Online (Zoom) Thursday, Nov 6, 2025, 5 – 6:30 p.m. PST The Blue Convergence Fund is proud to present a reading in celebration of the release of The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders (Paloma Press, 2025), a Poets for Science anthology, edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, and David Hassler. Originally […]
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Thursday, Nov 6, 2025, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. PST Film Screening and Q&A: These Sacred HillsJoin a film screening of “These Sacred Hills,” which follows members of the Rock Creek Band of the Yakama Nation as they confront renewable energy projects threatening their sacred mountain, Pushpum. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with tribal members and the […]
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Events
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Bloedel 292 or via Zoom Zoom link – washington.zoom.us… Friday, Oct 31, 2025, 9 – 10 a.m. PDT Title: Modeling Aspen Regeneration in Post-Fire EcosystemsCommittee Members:Ernesto Alvarado, Chari, UW SEFS Gaj Sivandran, Member, UW SEFSAdam Watts, Member, USFS Abstract: This study aims to improve current understandings of post-fire ecosystems, particularlythose with encroached aspen and mixed conifer composition. Aspen is a critical keystone speciesacross […]
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Zoom – washington.zoom.us… Tuesday, Dec 2, 2025, 4 – 5 p.m. PST Contact: ndamato@uw.edu Accessibility Contact: sefsmain@uw.edu More info: washington.zoom.us…
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Online via Zoom Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026, 9 – 11:15 a.m. PST Cost: $45Financial aid slots available on a first-come, first-served basisREGISTER ONLINEClass 6 of 6. In this final class of the series, students will share their soil management plans developed over the previous 5 classes and discuss them with their fellow students and instructors. Emphasis will be placed on […]
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Online via Zoom Tuesday, Feb 24, 2026, 9 – 11:15 a.m. PST Cost: $45REGISTER ONLINEFinancial aid slots available on a first-come, first-served basis.Class 5 of 6. Conserving and building self-sustaining soils form the foundation of ecosystem restoration. Learn how a good understanding of existing site and soil conditions informs choosing best approaches to protecting intact soil ecosystems and repairing disturbed […]
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Online via Zoom Tuesday, Feb 17, 2026, 9 – 11:15 a.m. PST Cost: $45REGISTER ONLINEFinancial aid slots available on a first-come, first-served basis.Class 4 of 6. Building up from the previous classes, we will review soil disturbance and resulting stewardship challenges commonly encountered at restoration sites such as former agricultural land, urban fill, construction sites, brownfields, and degraded natural areas. […]
College of the Environment Events
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Online Ongoing through Friday, Oct. 31, 2025 In Seattle, we see lots of spiders in the fall. Learn more about them in these three books.JUMPER by Jessica LananTHE RESCUER OF TINY CREATURES by Curtis Manley and Lucy Ruth CumminsARE YOU A SPIDER? by Judy Allen and Tudor HumphriesCheck in each month for new stories and […]
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Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, 4 – 5 p.m. PST Held on Thursday afternoons during the academic year, this weekly seminar series presents invited speakers from academia and governmental and non-governmental agencies and organizations. Issues of interest and concern in the aquatic and fishery sciences and the latest research findings are discussed. This SAFS seminar series consists of weekly presentations […]
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Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 5:30 – 7 p.m. PST Class Cost: $45 Financial aid slots available on a first-come, first-served basisREGISTER ONLINEHave you ever been tempted by a good deal at a big box store, only for your clearance rack plant to die as soon as you bring it home? In this class, we’ll learn about which plants are worth […]
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Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 10 – 11:30 a.m. PST The UW AI Community of Practice is for everyone! We welcome participation from the entire university, including students. We want to build community and are planning all sorts of fun and interesting experimental events – guest speakers, lunch and learn, after-hours events, training, workshops, webinars and more. Ideas welcomed and […]
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Online (Zoom) Tuesday, Dec. 9 – Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025 Please join us for the second annual International Invasive Species and Climate Change Conference organized by the Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (RISCC) Management Network on December 9 and 10, 2025.This online conference is free to attend and will include sessions on management success stories, […]