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07
Apr

Bring Your Story to Life: Intro to ArcGIS Story Maps

Workshop/Training

Are you thinking about bringing your stories and research to life with interactive maps? Join us for a hands-on ArcGIS Story Maps Workshop, where you’ll learn the basics about maps, texts, images, and metadata to create engaging, scholarly narratives.

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Merrill cazier Library |
07
Apr

Geosciences Guest Speaker Series: Dr. Cari Johnson

Conference/Seminar

Dr. Cari Johnson (University of Utah) will present

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Geology building |
07
Apr

Geosciences Guest Speaker Series: Dr. Cari Johnson

Conference/Seminar

Dr. Cari Johnson (University of Utah) will present

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Geology building |
08
Apr

Student Research Symposium

Exhibition

The Student Research Symposium is an annual celebration of student research at Utah State. Hosted in April, the symposium features hundreds of presentations and represents every college and department at USU. Presenters are invited to share their work in the form of a poster presentation, an oral presentation accompanied by a slide deck, creative performance, or art exhibit. Students who participate in the event receive feedback from evaluators to improve their presentation and research skills. The best presentations, as determined by the evaluators, will be recognized after the symposium.

9:30 am - 4:30 pm | Merrill cazier Library |
08
Apr

The Community Table "International Friends Program"

Cultural

We are pleased to invite you to an event focused on the International Friendship Program, an initiative designed to foster meaningful connections between international students at Utah State University and the Cache Valley community. This event will provide valuable insights into how we can effectively bridge cultures and cultivate enduring friendships. Whether you’re a local family or a community member interested in getting involved, this is an excellent opportunity to learn and engage with others. We look forward to collaborating with you to strengthen our community ties!

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Taggart Student Center |
08
Apr

USU & UDWR: Brown Bag Lunch Series with Trisha Hedin

Breakfast/Luncheon/Dinner

Please join us Tuesday, April 8 at noon for the USGS Utah Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit Seminar featuring ENVS’ own Trisha Hedin. Her talk is titled “Home on the Range: Conflict Within Wildlife Management on Western Landscapes.”

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Natural Resources Building |
09
Apr

LinkedIn Workshop

Workshop/Training

Unlock the career opportunities that come with LinkedIn! NR Career Coach Dannon Loveland Special Guest.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Natural Resources Building |
09
Apr

Ecology Center Seminar #1 with Dr. Kay Holekamp

Conference/Seminar

The Ecology Center is excited to announce our final seminar speaker for the Spring ’25 semester: Dr. Kay Holekamp, from the Department of Integrative Biology at Michigan State University. Dr. Holekamp will be presenting two seminars—both will be held from 4-5 PM in BNR 102: Wednesday, 4/9: "Management regime affects the behavior and abundance of African carnivores." Thursday, 4/10: "Selective forces shaping the evolution of intelligence." From Dr. Holekamp: “Research in my laboratory focuses on mammalian behavioral development, its physiological substrates, the socio-ecological forces shaping it, and its evolution. My students and I are currently investigating how social, ecological, and endocrine variables interact during an individual's early development development to influence its subsequent behavior, survival and reproductive success as an adult.”

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Biology & Natural Resources building |
10
Apr

ENVS Community Lunch

Social/Networking

ENVS Community Lunch

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Natural Resources Building |
10
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 |
10
Apr

Alex Walt Defense Seminar

Lecture/Readings

Alex Walt MS in Watershed Sciences Defense Seminar Assessing Geomorphic Change from Large Wood Additions in an Intensively Monitored Watershed

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Engineering Building |
10
Apr

Geospatial Meet & Greet

Meeting

Meet Remote Sensing and GIS instructors and learn about QCNR's new Remote Sensing & GeoAI courses and certificates for grads and undergrads! Enjoy pizza while meeting new friends and making connections.

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Natural Resources Building |
10
Apr

Ecology Center Seminar #2 with Dr. Kay Holekamp

Conference/Seminar

LOCATION CHANGED TO NR 105

The Ecology Center is excited to announce our final seminar speaker for the Spring ’25 semester: Dr. Kay Holekamp, from the Department of Integrative Biology at Michigan State University.

Dr. Holekamp will be presenting two seminars—both will be held from 4-5 PM in BNR 102:
Wednesday, 4/9: "Management regime affects the behavior and abundance of African carnivores."
Thursday, 4/10: "Selective forces shaping the evolution of intelligence."

From Dr. Holekamp:
“Research in my laboratory focuses on mammalian behavioral development, its physiological substrates, the socio-ecological forces shaping it, and its evolution. My students and I are currently investigating how social, ecological, and endocrine variables interact during an individual's early development development to influence its subsequent behavior, survival and reproductive success as an adult.”

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Natural Resources Building |
11
Apr

ENVS Graduate Student Pre-Project Research Symposium

Panel Discussion/Presentation

ENVS Graduate Student Pre-Project Research Symposium

1:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Huntsman Hall |
11
Apr

LAEP Speaker Series: Todd Mead, What is this Beautiful Place?

Lecture/Readings

Speaker Bio Originally from Wisconsin, Todd has lived and worked in Colorado and California for over forty years. Early life in a small town on the Wolf River introduced him to the experience of nature as a playground, as an escape, and as series of evolving places. Spurred by observations of human caused environmental degradation, Todd found landscape architecture as means of melding ecological reparation with art, while studying geology and native plant community restoration in the midwest. Drawn to wilder environments, Todd moved west immediately after undergraduate school, eventually joining Civitas and remaining there for more than twenty years. Emerging opportunities for change lead him to join Peter Walker Partners (PWP) in Berkeley, and later the Office of Cheryl Barton (O|CB) in San Francisco. Now with SCAPE in their San Francisco office, he applies decades of experience in a collaborative team-focused approach, blending critical design thinking with problem-solving and mentoring. His project experience varies in scale, complexity, and budget—including urban parks and gardens; educational, medical, and corporate campuses; waterfronts; and urban infill redevelopments.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Fine Arts Visual |
11
Apr

LAEP Speaker Series: Todd Mead, What is this Beautiful Place?

Lecture/Readings

Speaker Bio: Originally from Wisconsin, Todd has lived and worked in Colorado and California for over forty years. Early life in a small town on the Wolf River introduced him to the experience of nature as a playground, as an escape, and as series of evolving places. Spurred by observations of human caused environmental degradation, Todd found landscape architecture as means of melding ecological reparation with art, while studying geology and native plant community restoration in the midwest. Drawn to wilder environments, Todd moved west immediately after undergraduate school, eventually joining Civitas and remaining there for more than twenty years. Emerging opportunities for change lead him to join Peter Walker Partners (PWP) in Berkeley, and later the Office of Cheryl Barton (O|CB) in San Francisco. Now with SCAPE in their San Francisco office, he applies decades of experience in a collaborative team-focused approach, blending critical design thinking with problem-solving and mentoring. His project experience varies in scale, complexity, and budget—including urban parks and gardens; educational, medical, and corporate campuses; waterfronts; and urban infill redevelopments.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Fine Arts Visual |
11
Apr

Forestry Club Bonfire Night

Student Activities

Come join the Forestry Club and Fire Club for a bonfire activity! We'll have hot dogs, s'mores, music, and good vibes. Meet in Green Canyon and check our socials for updates!

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
12
Apr

USU Wildland Fire Club - S130 - Firefighter Training Field Exercise

Workshop/Training

Learn what it takes to become a Wildland Firefighter at the USU Ecological Center. Part of the ongoing S130 - Wildland Firefighter Training. One does not need to be in the S130 training to participate in the field exercise. Held in conjunction with the USU Wildland Fire Club and a number of wildland fire agencies will be helping with the training.

9:00 am - 5:00 pm | Natural Resources Building |