Events

2026 Larson Allmaras Emerging Issues in Soil & Water Lecture

April 9, 2 PM

Join us for the 23rd annual Larson Allmaras Emerging Issues in Soil & Water Lecture, featuring distinguished guest Matt Helmers, PhD.


SWAC Seminar | Mar. 11 | Kenneth Blumenfeld

March 11, 3:30 PM

Join us Wednesdays at 3:30 for our fall departmental seminar series. This week's guest is Kenneth Blumenfeld, PhD, Senior Climatologist at the Minnesota State Climatology Office.


SWAC Seminar | Feb. 25 | Ghulam Murtaza Jamro

February 25, 3:30 PM

Join us Wednesdays at 3:30 for our fall departmental seminar series. This week's guest is visiting scholar Ghulam Murtaza Jamro, PhD, a professor in the Department of Soil Science, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam (Campus Umerkot) Pakistan.


SWAC Seminar | Feb. 18 | Jennifer Murphy

February 18, 3:30 PM

Join us Wednesdays at 3:30 for our fall departmental seminar series. This week's guest is Jennifer Murphy, Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto.


SWAC Seminar | Feb. 11 | Aaron Reser & Erin Meier (Green Lands Blue Waters)

February 11, 3:30 PM

Join us Wednesdays at 3:30 for our fall departmental seminar series. This week's guests are Erin Meier and Aaron Reser of Green Lands Blue Waters.


SWAC Seminar | Jan. 28 | LAAS Alumni Panel

January 28, 2:00 PM

Join us for our first seminar of the semester, where LAAS alumni share their experience of life and work after graduating from the program.


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."