Upcoming Events

January 12 - 18, 2025

Jan

Year of Undergraduate Research Exhibition

Exhibition

In celebration of 50 years of the undergraduate research program at Utah State University, the Office of Research presents a landmark exhibition showcasing the innovative work of undergraduate researchers across all disciplines. From microscopy images to engineering prototypes, artistic interpretations to scientific specimens, this curated collection demonstrates how undergraduate research at USU has impacted student lives and our understanding of the world since 1975.

All Day | Tippetts & Eccles Art Galleries | More Info

Jan

Ecology Center Seminar Series - Dr. Mike Dietze

Conference/Seminar

The USU Ecology Center is pleased to host our January Seminar Series speaker, Dr. Mike Dietze, from the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University.

Dr. Michael Dietze leads the Ecological Forecasting Laboratory, the mission of which is to better understand and predict ecological systems; he is the author of Ecological Forecasting. He is interested in the ways that iterative forecasts, which are continually confronted with new data, can improve and accelerate basic environmental science, while at the same time making that science more directly relevant to society (e.g., nature-based climate solutions). Much of the current work in the lab is organized under two broad umbrellas, the Near-term Ecological Forecasting Initiative (NEFI) and the PEcAn project.

A public reception will immediately follow the seminar. All are welcome!

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

Jan

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

Jan

Ecology Center Seminar Series - Round 2 with Dr. Mike Dietze

Conference/Seminar

The USU Ecology Center is pleased to host a second, more in-depth seminar with Dr. Mike Dietze, from the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University.

Dr. Michael Dietze leads the Ecological Forecasting Laboratory, the mission of which is to better understand and predict ecological systems; he is the author of Ecological Forecasting. He is interested in the ways that iterative forecasts, which are continually confronted with new data, can improve and accelerate basic environmental science, while at the same time making that science more directly relevant to society (e.g., nature-based climate solutions). Much of the current work in the lab is organized under two broad umbrellas, the Near-term Ecological Forecasting Initiative (NEFI) and the PEcAn project.

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

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