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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

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

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:...

Jun
10
2024

MS Defense for PBC Student Fiorina Talaba

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

Title of Presentation: “Thistles in a Pickle: Assessing variation in floral scent and pollinators of Cirsium pitcheri heads according to weevil...

Jun
6
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...

Jun
4
2024

MS Defense for PBC Student Wyatt Mosiman

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM, sponsored by Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

Title of Presentation: “Heritability of Fire-Stimulated Flowering in a Long-Lived Perennial.” This event will be held in a hybrid format in the...

May
31
2024

PhD Dissertation Presentation: PhD Candidate Amelia Litz

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

Speaker: PhD Candidate Amelia Litz Title:  "Phenological Drivers and Consequences for Solitary Bees"   This event is planned to be hybrid in the seminar...

May
31
2024

Invited Speaker Seminar: Dr. Felix Grewe

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

Speaker: Dr. Felix Grewe "Bioinformatics, Genomics, Evolution, Lichen"   This event is planned to be hybrid in the seminar room at the Chicago...

May
24
2024

Invited Speaker Seminar: Dr. Gabriela Nunez-Mir

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

Speaker: Dr. Gabriela Nunez-Mir Title:  “Zooming Out: Macroscale dynamics of an invasive forest defoliator”.   This event is planned to be hybrid in the...

May
17
2024

PBC Seminar PhD Candidate Speaker: Jacquelyn Fitzgerald

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

Speaker: PhD Candidate Jacquelyn Fitzgerald  Title: "Patterns of Trait Variation in Bumble Bees""   This event is planned to be hybrid in the...

May
3
2024

PBC Seminar PhD Student/Candidate Speakers: Jacob Zeldin and Rory Schiafo

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

Speaker: PhD student Jacob Zeldin Title: "Functional Trait Structure, Diversity, and Coordination: considering intraspecific variation in community and restoration ecology" Speaker: Title: "TBD" This...

May
2
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...

May
1
2024

2024 Northwestern Sustainability Lecture Series

10:30 AM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Trienens Institute

On May 1, the Northwestern Sustainability Lecture Series will return for another year of talks by world-renowned experts in energy,...

Apr
25
2024

Shaping Environmental Policy: SPS Alumni Panel

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by SPS: Special Events

In Partnership with MA in Public Policy and Administration Student Leadership Council Please join Northwestern University School of Professional Studies (SPS)...

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...