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Events and Seminars
Department Seminar Series
Virtual via Zoom.
Eric Barefoot, Rice University, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Abrupt changes in flood intensity bias the stratigraphic preservation of climate change
2021 Spring Awards Ceremony
Virtual
Recent News

Priscillagrewite

Bailey Group - Ocean Bacteria and Carbon

2021 Student Symposium Best Talk & Best Poster Winners

Marc Hirschmann - Carbon and Life

Evan Whiting - Bell Museum Award

In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Roger LeB Hooke, 1939-2021
Featured Research

Kawe Gidaa-naanaagadawendaamin Manoomin
Launched in January 2018, Kawe Gidaa-naanaagadawendaamin Manoomin (First We Must Consider Manoomin/Psin) is a collaboration among tribes, intertribal treaty organizations, and University of Minnesota faculty, staff, and students, that prioritizes tribal views on the cultural significance and ecology of Manoomin / Psiη (Wild Rice), and the policies related to it.
Manoomin/psiη (wild rice) is a sacred plant for Native peoples throughout the Great Lakes region. Unfortunately, Manoomin has been declining due to multiple environmental stressors. Native people who have lived with manoomin / psiη for generations understand this intimately, but tribal views, concerns, and treaty rights have not been adequately incorporated into natural resources policies. Protecting tribal resource sovereignty demands a culturally responsible, whole ecosystem approach to environmental stewardship.
(photo: Summer intern from University of Wisconsin-Osh Kosh, Trinaty Calwell, collecting water samples.)