Upcoming Events
Natural Resources Week 2025
Special Event
Natural Resources Week 2025
Monday, March 24th
-Breakfast with the Dean: 9:30am -11am
Swing by the NR Patio for a free breakfast of pancakes, sausage, and fruit-by the NR Student Council and our very own Dean Nagel
-Yoga: 11am -12pm
Drop by for an hour of relaxing and grounding yoga and meditation exercises. Bring a yoga mat or towel.
Tuesday, March 25th
-Snacktivity: 11am-2pm, TSC Patio
-Tacos & Trivia: 6pm-8pm, NR 105
Get some Navajo tacos to support the Native American Student Council (NASC). Then stay for trivia. Show off your knowledge and win prizes!
Wednesday, March 26th
-Pots & Swap: 1pm-3pm, NR Atrium
Need a container for your spring sprigs? Come decorate a terra cotta pot! When you’re done, swing by our table and grab some summer field gear - courtesy of True Blue Rescue & Repair.
Thursday, March 27th
-Rapid-Fire Research: 6pm-7:30pm, BNR 102
Join us as QCNR members showcase their research with 5 slides in 5 minutes. Come get free food and vote for your favorite presentations - winners get prizes! Open to anyone conducting natural resource-related research - scan the QR code or email nrsenator.ususa@usu.edu to sign up!
Friday, March 28th
-Savor the Sound: 6pm-7:30pm, NR Building
Enjoy a dinner in support of our amazing student clubs and stay for an open-mic night (bring your own acoustic instrument). Meal tickets $5 for kids and $10 for adults. All proceeds go to our QCNR student organizations. Families welcome.
NR Week Event: Breakfast with the Dean
Breakfast/Luncheon/Dinner
Come and enjoy a free breakfast with QCNR Dean Dr. Linda Nagel. Breakfast will include pancakes, sausage, and fruit provided by the NR Student Council and Dean Nagel.
NR Week Event: Yoga
Student Activities
Drop by for an hour of relaxing and grounding yoga and meditation exercises. Bring a yoga mat or towel.
Geosciences Guest Speaker Series: Forster Lecture: Dr. Greg Hirth
Conference/Seminar
Dr. Greg Hirth (Brown University) will present on rock mechanics and deformation
Candidate Presentation - Wildlife Extension Candidate #2
Panel Discussion/Presentation
Wildlife Extension Candidate #2 Presentation w/ Q&A
Spring Runoff Conference
Conference/Seminar
The USU Spring Runoff Conference is an annual gathering that provides a forum for interdisciplinary sharing of ideas on water-related issues in Utah and the Intermountain Region extending to all aspects of water science, ecology, policy, engineering, and management. We invite students, faculty, consulting and government agency professionals as well as environmental and citizen organizations to participate.
USU and the Northern Utah Water Users are again combining for the 2025 conference, which will be held March 25-26, 2025. This two-day conference will feature invited speakers, student presentations, and multiple opportunities to connect.
With this year’s conference theme, Advancing Solutions for Policy, Innovation, and Sustainability, we join the Utah Water Research Laboratory (UWRL) in celebrating its 60th anniversary while looking to the future of research and water management in an era of unprecedented challenges. By establishing the UWRL 60 years ago, the state of Utah recognized the important contribution of research for managing our scarce water resources. With growth and environmental change, this research remains critical and the UWRL looks forward to serving the state.
On March 25, the event will be held at the Cache County Event Center. On March 26, it will be held on campus at the Eccles Conference Center.
NR Week Event: Snacktivity
Student Activities
Hang out with the NR Council and eat a snack and enjoy an activity for NR Week!
NR Week Event: Tacos & Trivia
Student Activities
Get some tacos and support a ususa club. Then stay for trivia. Show off your knowledge and win prizes!
Geosciences Student Open House
Information/Orientation
We invite students interested to learn more about the Geosciences department, the classes and degrees offered, our laboratories, and the research we do. Come enjoy free pizza and meet great people.
NR Week Event: Pots & Swap w/ the Christensen Office of Service and Sustainability
Student Activities
Need a container for your spring sprigs? Come decorate a terra cotta pot! When you're done, swing by our table and grab some summer field gear - courtesy of True Blue Rescue & Repair.
Candidate Presentation - Wildlife Extension Candidate #3
Panel Discussion/Presentation
Wildlife Extension Candidate #3 Presentation w/ Q&A
Dr. Gordon Luikart
Lecture/Readings
The Ecology Center is excited to announce our March seminar speaker: Dr. Gordon Luikart, professor of Conservation Ecology and Genetics from the Flathead Lake Bio Station at the University of Montana.
Dr. Luikart will be presenting a seminar on Wednesday (3/26) and participating in a moderated discussion on Thursday (3/27)—both will be held from 4-5 PM in BNR 102.
Wednesday, 3/26: The expanding role of genetics/omics in conservation
Thursday, 3/27: Moderated Discussion with Dr. Luikart
Sign up to meet with Dr. Luikart— Meet and/or share a meal with Dr. Luikart on Wednesday or Thursday!
RSVP to the Wednesday Seminar Social — Yay, free food!!
From Dr. Luikart:
"My general research interests are in conservation biology, population genetics, and ecology. My primary research applies genetics to the conservation of natural and managed populations. My research applies principles and tools of population genetics/omics to fish, wildlife, and a variety of other taxa, including invasive species and parasites that are threatening native ecosystems and regional economies. My lab aims to develop and apply novel field sampling methods, DNA typing techniques, and data analysis approaches to understand landscape connectivity, adaptation to climate change, invasive species control (including pathogens), and the negative effects of inbreeding depression and hybridization on individual fitness and population viability."
Please reach out with any questions regarding this or any Ecology Center Seminar events this semester!
Forestry Club Popcorn Ball Night
Student Activities
Come help the Forestry Club make Caramel Popcorn balls for the Savor the Sound event. We'll snack on them and save a few for the potluck fundraiser. Contact usuforestry@usu.edu for more information.
ENVS Community Lunch
Social/Networking
ENVS Community Lunch
Data Science Workshops with the Ecology Center
Workshop/Training
This is a free skill sharing program though the Ecology Center that lets grad students learn immediately applicable techniques from their peers. All students from all departments are welcome! Tell your friends! This semester, we are pleased to offer 5 new workshops in addition to our most popular classics. Please review the schedule below and sign up for the workshops that you would like to attend via the event URL.
Jan 16 - Data management with data.table - Michael Stemkovski
Jan 23 - Iteration with loops/apply - Dani Berger
Jan 30 - Writing custom functions - Michael Stemkovski
Feb 6 - Script organization with Rmarkdown - Annie Schiffer *
Feb 13 - Visualizations with ggplot - Soren Struckman
Feb 20 - Working with words using regex & stringr - Michael Stemkovski *
Feb 27 - Wrangling spatial data - Dani Berger
Mar 6 - Plotting maps - Maria Stahl
Mar 20 - Demystifying R model formulas - Michael Stemkovski
Mar 27 - Generalized linear mixed models - Kelvyn Bladen *
Apr 3 - Bayesian models with RStan/BRMS (NR 202) - Annie Schiffer *
Apr 10 - Machine learning methods - Kelvyn Bladen
Apr 17 - Working with databases using SQL - Soren Struckman *
* brand new workshop
Master of Public Health (MPH) in Veterinary Public Health Virtual Open House
Information/Orientation
The College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences offers a 100% online Master of Public Health (MPH) in Veterinary Public Health. The program is holding a Virtual Open House that will include a program overview and Q&A session on March 27, 2025, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mountain Time. A recording will be available afterward for individuals who register but are not able to attend live. The program provides interdisciplinary training that integrates veterinary sciences with core public health principles. Develop essential skills to monitor and control public health threats by understanding disease transmission among humans, animals, and the environment and receive specialized training in the emerging public health discipline of One Health. Pre-registration is required to attend live or to obtain the recording (https://usu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e5lWHuCfW6rPzzo).
NR Week Event: Rapid-Fire Research
Student Activities
We love exhibiting the research our students and faculty are doing! Join us as QCNR members showcase their research with 5 slides in 5 minutes. Come get free food and vote for your favorite presentations - winners get prizes! Open to anyone conducting natural resource-related research - visit the link below or email nrsenator.ususa@usu.edu to sign up!
NR Week: Savor the Sound
Fair/Festival
Enjoy a dinner provided by our amazing student clubs and stay for an open-mic night (bring your own acoustic instrument)—$ 10 for adults and $5 for kids. Families welcome! All proceeds go to QCNR clubs. Tickets can be purchased at the door.
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