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April 2022
Petri Dish – A matter of fate: The long tail of chemicals in the environment
Our panelists will discuss what scientists are doing to bridge this gap in knowledge and the implications for us and for our waterways.
Find out more »The Fortress, the River, the Garden: A New Metaphor for Knowledge Symbiosis
The 2022 Ben and Jeanne Overman Distinguished Speaker Series features Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer in “The Fortress, the River, the Garden: A New Metaphor for Knowledge Symbiosis."
Find out more »May 2022
IonE Impact Goals Salon: Urban Agriculture and Ecosystem Services
Join us at the next IonE Impact Goals Salon featuring guest speakers Nic Jelinski, UMN-Dept of Soil, Water and Climate, Melvin Giles, Co-coordinator of the St. Paul-based Urban Farm and Garden Alliance and Director of the Storymobile project, and Jennifer Nicklay, UMN-Dept of Soil, Water, and Climate and Board Chair of the Twin Cities Agricultural Land Trust, discussing the Impact Goal project Community Land and Food Gatherings: Relationship-based approaches urban agriculture research and land stewardship in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota.
Find out more »Robin Wall Kimmerer
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer, New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, for an evening of conversation about reciprocity, storytelling, and the interconnectedness of all beings.
Find out more »June 2022
Equitable Pathways to Clean Energy Careers
Both in response to climate change and challenges to fuel supply chains, the energy system is undergoing a radical transformation from fossil fuel to clean energy technologies. That makes now a critical time to ask: How can we, starting in our own communities, leverage the opportunities created by this transition to effectively build a just and equitable clean energy future?
Find out more »September 2022
IAS Spotlight Series: Global Food Security and How We Feed Each Other
Join IonE Fellow and staff Deepak Ray in this spotlight series event.
Find out more »HHEI Policy Forum: Climate Policy in Economics
Which policies have the highest likelihood of success given economic and political pressures? Join the Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute for their fall policy forum, looking at the latest economic analysis on policies addressing climate change.
Find out more »Into the Forbidden Forest: Discovering the Biodiversity Treasures of a Madagascar Rainforest
Join the department of fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology for their 2022 Kolshorn Lecture featuring Stony Brook University's Herrnstein Endowed Chair in Conservation Biology, Dr. Patricia Wright! Dr. Wright has primarily conducted her research on biodiversity, lemurs, ecosystem genomics and exploration in Madagascar over the past 25 years and she will share some her unique insight and experiences with us.
Find out more »Climate Action Simulation
The Climate Action Simulation co-hosted by Institute on the Environment and Funds Enterprise this year is a highly interactive, role-playing game for groups to explore the different stakeholders and solutions that need to come together to act on Climate Change. This year the simulation will focus on negotiating a set of policy initiatives that limit global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees
Find out more »Interdisciplinarity Now and Tomorrow: A Conversation with Jennifer Gunn and Bianet Castellanos
Join the Institute for Advanced Study as we celebrate Jennifer Gunn, outgoing director, and welcome Bianet Castellanos, incoming director. As we look back at how Jennifer Gunn has increased the IAS's capacity to incubate substantial collaborations, we will also look ahead to the future of what it means to do interdisciplinary work, and how these collaborations—with both internal and external partners—can help us build a just university together.
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