Watch the 2019-2020 Program on the Environment Graduation Celebration!

June 11th, 2020 Event Program:
11:00 Welcome
Gary Handwerk, PhD
Bruce J. Leven Endowed Chair for Environmental Studies
Director, UW Program on the Environment
11:05 Remarks from the Dean
Lisa Graumlich, PhD
Mary Laird Wood Professor
Dean, UW College of the Environment
11:10 Alumni Speaker
Anna Johnson ’18
Legislative Assistant
Washington State House of Representatives
11:20 Capstone Awards Presentation
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Program on the Environment students, staff and faculty are invited to the first of our fall series of Open Spaces Conversations on Friday, October 9, 3-5 PM. This first event will feature Prof. 

The Program on the Environment will host the Spring 2020 Capstone Symposium on Wednesday, May 27, online.  All are welcome to attend and support students as they present on the culmination of their hard work over three quarters. 

The Program on the Environment will host Environmental Communication Panels during Winter quarter, in Wallace Hall.  Panels consist of practitioners with expertise in different areas of environmental communication. All are welcome to attend. 

The Program on the Environment will host the Autumn 2019 Capstone Symposium on Wednesday, November 20, in the Fishery Science Building.  All are welcome to attend and support students as they present on the culmination of their hard work over three quarters. 

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McKibben’s earlier work offered prescient warnings about climate change. But in his newest book he suggests the danger is broader than that. Join us for a thought-provoking discussion about the future. 

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Tim Billo, instructor of our Natural History of the Puget Sound Region course, practices what he preaches. He uses his research into the natural history of our local sword ferns as a way of introducing undergraduates to research, demonstrating to them that they can make important contributions to natural history, as well as to helping to solve pressing ecological issues. 

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The annual PoE Spring Fling is scheduled for Thursday, April 4, from 4-6pm. Students are invited to join PoE faculty for food, fun and community building. Pizza and salad will be provided and there will be plenty of opportunities to get to hang out with friends and meet new people!