2021 Fall Symposium

The Center for Ecology and the Environment hosted Dr. Katherine Suding as keynote speaker at our 2021 Fall Symposium, which was held October 18-19.

Dr. Suding is a distinguished professor of ecology at the University of Colorado Boulder, where her research focuses on ecosystem dynamics and management, ecological restoration, biodiversity, and conservation in a rapidly changing world.

Talks by early-career UW-Madison faculty and postdocs on a variety of ecological topics preceded Dr. Suding’s address on both days.

Schedule

Monday, October 18

Emcee: Thea Whiteman

  • 3 p.m.: Intro and welcome – Sean Schoville, CEE Director
  • 3:05 p.m.: Cooper Rosin – Defaunation, Seed Predation, and Timber Regeneration in an Afrotropical Forest
  • 3:30 p.m.: Min Chen – Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Cycle and Climate Change Mitigation
  • 4:00 p.m.: Invited keynote speaker Dr. Katharine Suding –Building Scientific Civic Engagement Through Place-Based Relevant Research: The Boulder Apple Tree Project
  • 5 p.m.: Reception

Tuesday, October 19

Emcee: Rick Lindroth

  • 3 p.m.: Intro and welcome – Sean Schoville, CEE Director
  • 3:05 p.m.: Sedona Chinn – Investigating Content and Effects of Environmental Messages: Invasive Species on Facebook
  • 3:30 p.m.: James Crall – Collective Resilience: Social Modulation of Ecological Stressors in Bees
  • 4 p.m.: Invited keynote speaker Dr. Katharine Suding – Resilience, Recovery, and the Ecology of Change
  • 5 p.m.: Reception