Upcoming Events

April 13 - 19, 2025

Apr

Plants, Soils and Climate Department Showcase

Exhibition

The Utah State University Department of Plants, Soils and Climate (PSC) is pleased to announce the return of the annual PSC Showcase on Monday, April 14. The event will feature a keynote address, a student poster session, and a departmental awards presentation. The student poster session will take place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Eccles Conference Center, rooms 307-313, highlighting research across the PSC department. Graduate students, undergraduate researchers, and interns will present on a variety of topics including soil health, plant biology, and climate modeling and prediction. The event will also feature a keynote address by Dr. Mark Slavens, a USU alumnus and industry executive. His keynote address will take place at 10:30 a.m. in the Eccles Business Building, room 215, and is open to all attendees. A short awards presentation recognizing recent departmental and college-level award recipients will immediately follow the keynote. The event is open to all students, faculty, and members of the PSC community. For more information, contact the PSC Department office at (435) 797-2233.

10:30 am - 3:30 pm | Eccles Conference Center | More Info

Apr

QCNR Undergraduate-Graduate Study Hall

Social/Networking

Come join the graduate Inclusive Excellence Committee for some chill studying! Come with questions about classes, grad school, research, or just to work in a calm, welcoming environment!

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Natural Resources Building | More Info

Apr

A conversation with Anne Castle “11th Hour on the Colorado River”

Conference/Seminar

President Biden appointed Anne as the U.S. Commissioner and Chair of the Upper Colorado River Commission. She served from 2022 to 2025. In this guest visit, Anne will share experiences from her work, her perceptions on the Colorado River Basin’s present situation, and her thoughts for how to move constructively forward.

Moderator: Dr. David Rosenberg | david.rosenberg@usu.edu | 435-797-8689

Zoom Link:
https://usu-edu.zoom.us/j/82619022574?pwd=NVJFL01GTmZSdlY4b0tNTTNTNXdodz09

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | More Info

Apr

MS Ecology Defense: Lane Arthur

Conference/Seminar

MS Ecology Defense: Lane Arthur

8:00 am - 9:00 am | Merrill cazier Library | More Info

Apr

Ecology Center Proposal Piranha Tank

Panel Discussion/Presentation

Presentations from: Drs. Karen Kapheim, Yong Zhou, Juan Villalba, Fabiane Mundim, Brooke Osborne, Julie Young, Sara Freeman, Chad Teal, and Moria Robinson

Featuring faculty judges: Drs. Karen Beard, Andre Moraes, and Norah Saarman

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Biology & Natural Resources building | More Info

Apr

WILD MS Defense: Will Harrod

Panel Discussion/Presentation

Master's defense for Will Harrod. Department of Natural Resources

9:00 am - 10:00 am | Merrill cazier Library | More Info

Apr

ENVS Community Lunch

Social/Networking

ENVS Community Lunch

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Natural Resources Building | More Info

Apr

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

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Natural Resources Building | More Info

Apr

LAEP Speaker Series: Heather Henry, The Right Place and the Right Home - The Right Solution

Lecture/Readings

About the Lecture When every turn of the channel, the page, or swipe of the screen shrieks about the breadth and depth of the housing crisis, it can be easy to insist that the solution simply lies in building more. Build it anywhere, at all cost. History tells us this cannot and does not work. As builders, developers, designers, and planners we have the power to make better decisions. And we all know with great power comes great responsibility (thanks, Spiderman). We’ll explore multiple case studies for how to make choices about the right places, right types of homes, and right creative programs to bring lasting housing solutions to bear in all types of communities.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Fine Arts Visual | More Info

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