The Pentacrest Museum and Ashton Prairie groups are hosting a private event for SEES' undergraduate and graduate students. It will be on Saturday, September 26th from 9:30-10:30 AM (at Ashton Cross Country Course) and 11:00 AM-12:00 PM at the Museum of Natural History. The half hour is to account for travel time.

The event is focusing on a Bug Scavenger Hunt at the prairie. Then the group will go to the museum and get a behind the scenes tour of the prep lab and a tour of the insect collection...

Co-sponsored by the Obermann Center.

Vcologies (Victorian Ecologies Today) is an interdisciplinary, international collective of scholars committed to the environmental humanities, the energy humanities, and other ecology-focused approaches.

Vcologies 2026 

Friday, Sept. 25: Gerber Lounge (304 EPB)

9-10:30 a.m.: Session One: Energy 

Siobhan Carroll, “Equiano and the Fishes: Romantic Energy Systems and Slavery at Sea” 

Devin Griffiths, “; Or, the Whale” 

Michael Tondre, “Aesthetic Disfiguration: A Short...

The Farm Bill is often viewed primarily as agricultural legislation, but it is also one of the nation’s most consequential natural resource laws. Through conservation programs, crop insurance, commodity supports, and other incentives, the Farm Bill influences how millions of acres of agricultural land are managed, and, in turn, affects water quality, soil health, wildlife habitat, and climate resilience.

This interdisciplinary panel will explore how federal farm policy translates into decisions...