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multi-day

REACT Core Facility "For the General User" Series

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Catalysis and Surface Science (CCSS)

Join members of the Reactor Engineering and Catalyst Testing (REACT) Core Facility for an event series "For the General User." Title:...

multi-day

Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology

12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Block Museum Exhibitions

Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology is a traveling exhibition that considers kinship, healing, and restorative interventions as...

multi-day

Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Block Museum Exhibitions

Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology is a traveling exhibition that considers kinship, healing, and restorative interventions as...

multi-day

Roadmapping the Clean Energy Transition

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

The Northwestern Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and Northwestern Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy invite you...

multi-day

Friday Nights at the Dearborn Observatory

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, sponsored by Dearborn Observatory

The Dearborn Observatory is open for public viewing every Friday night from 9 to 11 pm during the spring and...

Apr
23
2024

MS Defense for PBC Student Melissa Duda

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

Title of Presentation: "Using reproductive biology to assess the potential impact of hybridization on rare species; a study of populations of...

Apr
22
2024

Sustainability Career Panel with NU Alums

5:00 PM - 6:45 PM, sponsored by CESR

The Center for Engineering Sustainability and Resilience invites you to attend our Sustainability Career Panel on Monday, April 22nd at...

Apr
22
2024

MS Defense for PBC Student Kathryn Dawdy

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

Title of Presentation: "The effects of advanced plant phenology on herbivory and plant demography" This event will be held in the seminar...

Apr
15
2024

PEPH Hybrid Event: Karen I. Winey, UPenn

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Trienens Institute

The Program on Plastics, Ecosystems, and Public Health (PEPH) will host Karen I. Winey, Harold Pender Professor of Engineering and...

Apr
15
2024

MS Defense for PBC Student Alison Branz

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, sponsored by Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

Title of Presentation: "From Shoots to Roots to Soil: The impact of mowing on lawn and lawn alternative grasses" This event will...

Apr
10
2024

Kellogg Climate Conference 2024

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Kellogg Energy and Sustainability Club (KESC)

Join us on Wednesday, April 10, for the highly anticipated second edition of the Kellogg Climate Conference! The goal of...

Apr
4
2024

CMQT Monthly Meeting

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction (CMQT)

The CMQT monthly meetings host speakers, as well as provide tutorials,  research updates and facilitate team collaboration.  For more information...

Apr
2
2024

Why Pollinators Matter & What You Can Do

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by sustainNU

Pollinators are critical to nearly all of earth's ecosystems. Join Jackie Fitzgerald, PhD Candidate in Plant Biology and Conservation, and...

Mar
18
2024

REACT Core Facility "For the General User" Series

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Catalysis and Surface Science (CCSS)

Join members of the Reactor Engineering and Catalyst Testing (REACT) Core Facility for an event series "For the General User." Title:...

Mar
17
2024

Reuse-a-Palooza 2024

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Trienens Institute

Join The Plant at its annual Reuse-a-Palooza event south of downtown! "It’s cold out there but we’re already looking toward the...

Mar
7
2024

CMQT Monthly Meeting

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction (CMQT)

The CMQT monthly meetings host speakers, as well as provide tutorials,  research updates and facilitate team collaboration.  For more information...

Feb
1
2024

CMQT Monthly Meeting

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction (CMQT)

The CMQT monthly meetings host speakers, as well as provide tutorials,  research updates and facilitate team collaboration.  For more information...

Jan
17
2024

EPC Career Workshop with Tracie Thomas

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Environmental Policy and Culture

Join Tracie Thomas from Northwestern's Career Advancement for a career workshop.

Jan
16
2024

MSE Colloquium Series: DOW Lecture Speaker LaShanda Korley

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

MSE 2024 Colloquium Series DOW Lecture "Innovating across the life cycle of macromolecular materials" Prof. LaShanda Korley, University of Delaware Tuesday, Jan. 16th, 2024...

Jan
11
2024

Department Seminar: Dr. Jehad Abed, Meta AI

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry

Towards accelerating catalyst discovery: bridging the gap between modeling, experiments, and large-scale integration Ford Hive 2350 | 1:00 p.m. Hosted by: Professor...

Jan
4
2024

CMQT Monthly Meeting

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction (CMQT)

The CMQT monthly meetings host speakers, as well as provide tutorials,  research updates and facilitate team collaboration.  For more information...

Dec
14
2023

MS Defense for PBC Student Samantha Turner-Rosa

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

  Title of Presentation: "Attraction at the Edge: Investigating mangrove reproductive effort  during a climate-driven range expansion"     This event is planned to be hybrid...

Nov
17
2023

PBC Seminar: Chicago Botanic Garden Short Talks--speakers updated.

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

Presentation By: Chris Woolridge Dr. Jeremie Fant (Rescheduled) Dr. Susane Strickler   This event will host a combination of Online and In-person presentations. Stay tuned,...

Nov
3
2023

PBC Seminar: Chicago Botanic Garden Short Talks

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

Presentation by: Dr. Rebecca Barak Dr. Emma Oschrin Tatiana Guider This event will host a combination of Online and In-person presentations. Stay tuned, and...

Nov
2
2023

MS Defense for PBC Student Aidden Tapia

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

Title of Presentation: "The Effect of Native Plants as Lawn Alternatives on Bee Visitation in an Urban Setting" This event is planned...

Nov
1
2023

MS in Energy and Sustainability (MSES) Info Session

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Trienens Institute

You are cordially invited to attend an upcoming information session for Northwestern University's Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and...

Oct
27
2023

PBC Seminar: Chicago Botanic Garden Short Talks

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

Presentation by: Dr. Kairy Havens Dr. Louise Egerton-Warburton Ph.D. student Jacob Zeldin   This event will host a combination of Online and In-person presentations. Stay...

Oct
27
2023

Third Annual CMQT Symposium – Day 2

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction (CMQT)

Save the Date for the Third Annual CMQT Symposium! The mission of the Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction (CMQT) is to...

Oct
26
2023

Third Annual CMQT Symposium – Keynote Address

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction (CMQT)

Save the Date for the Third Annual CMQT Symposium! The mission of the Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction (CMQT) is to...

Oct
26
2023

PEPH Hybrid Event: Saving our Synthetic Seas

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Trienens Institute

Lunch provided -- registration required -- space is limited. Join Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins from the 5 Gyres Institute for...

Oct
23
2023

MS Defense for PBC Student Tiany Hernandez

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

Title of Presentation: "Symbiotic Seed Development of the Little Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera psycodes) with Orchid Mycorrhizal Fungi"     This event is planned...

Oct
20
2023

Invited Speaker Seminar: Dr. Camila Pizano--Lake Forest College

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

Speaker: Dr. Camila Pizano Botany faculty at Lake Forest College Title:  “Invisible Allies: How belowground organisms may determine plant persistence in a changing...

Oct
20
2023

PBC Seminar: Chicago Botanic Garden Short Talks

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

Presentation by: Dr. Alicia Foxx Dr. Andrea Kramer Dr. Hector Ortiz This event will host a combination of Online and In-person presentations. Stay tuned,...

Oct
13
2023

PBC Seminar: Chicago Botanic Garden Short Talks

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

Presentation by: Gretel Kiefer Dr. Amy Iler  Dr. Paul CaraDonna  This event will host a combination of Online and In-person presentations. Stay tuned, and...

Oct
6
2023

PBC Seminar: Chicago Botanic Garden Short Talks

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

Presentation By: Dr. Nyree Zerega Dr. Patrick Herendeen Dr. Stuart Wagenius This event will host a combination of Online and In-person presentations. Stay tuned,...

Aug
9
2023

MS Defense for PBC Student Tiany Hernandez (Postponed)

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, sponsored by Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. A NEW DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON.    Title of Presentation: "Symbiotic Germination of the Little Purple Fringed...