Events

SWAC Seminar | Nov. 19 | Eric Booth

November 19, 3:30-4:30 PM

Join us Wednesdays at 3:30 for our fall departmental seminar series. This week's guest is Eric Booth, presenting "A hydrologist and a rhetorician,’ a story of learning how to collaborate on mixed-methods river research across the humanities and biophysical sciences."


SWAC Seminar | Nov. 12 | Hannah Kenagy

November 12, 3:30-4:30 PM

Join us Wednesdays at 3:30 for our fall departmental seminar series. This week's guest is Hannah Kenagy, presenting "Laboratory, model, and observational perspectives on atmospheric organic aerosol production."


SWAC Distinguished International Lecture: Global Issues in Soil, Water, & Climate

October 29, 3:30-5:00 PM

SWAC is excited to host our first Distinguished International Lecture: Global Issues in Soil, Water, and Climate. This series features experts in the fields of soil, water, and climate science working outside the United States and Europe. This year's special guest is Dra. María Susana Alvarado Barrientos.


SWAC Seminar | Oct. 22 | Kathy Klink

October 22, 3:30-4:30 PM

Join us Wednesdays at 3:30 for our fall departmental seminar series. This week's guest is Kathy Klink, presenting "Urban farms as green infrastructure for urban heat mitigation."


SWAC Seminar | Oct. 8 | Yao-Yi Chiang

October 8, 3:30-4:30 PM

Join us Wednesdays at 3:30 for our fall departmental seminar series. This week's guest is Yao-Yi Chiang, presenting "Fine-Scale Soil Mapping in Alaska with Multimodal Machine Learning."


2025 Kuehnast Lecture: Dr. Elizabeth Barnes

October 2, 2025

Join us for the 32nd Kuehnast Lecture on Thursday, October 2, 2025 with special guest Dr. Elizabeth Barnes.


SWAC Seminar | Sept. 24 | Jeppe Kjaersgaard

September 24, 3:30-4:30 PM

Join us Wednesdays at 3:30 for our fall departmental seminar series. This week's guest is Jeppe Kjaersgaard, presenting "Evaluation of nitrogen inhibitor effectiveness."


SWAC Seminar | Sept. 10 | Drew Kessler

September 10, 3:30-4:30 PM

Join us Wednesdays at 3:30 for our fall departmental seminar series. This week's guest is Drew Kessler, presenting "Supply Chain Approaches to Accounting for Environmental Outcomes on Working Farms."


Flies, Frass, Feces and Fields

August 15, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT

The Flies, Frass, Feces, and Fields webinar will explore how black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) can transform food and agricultural waste into valuable products for both animal feed and soil health. This webinar is moderated by LAAS and SWAC researcher alum Nancy Bohl Bormann.


MN Conference on Precision Agriculture

June 5, 2025

Presented by the Precision Agriculture Center, this event will bring together international and regional experts in the field to share their research and highlight advancements in precision agriculture in the Upper Midwest.