Registration is now open for the 21st Annual Chicago Food Justice Summit!

 

We’re excited to share that registration is now open for the 21st Annual Chicago Food Justice Summit! This annual gathering brings together community voices, lived experience, and bold ideas to advance food justice across Chicago and beyond. Pull up, bring a friend, and be part of the movement for food justice. We can’t wait to gather with you.

Registration is FREE and open to all!

🗓 March 11–13 

REGISTER HERE!

¡Nos emociona compartir que ya está abierta la inscripción para la 21ª Cumbre Anual de Justicia Alimentaria de Chicago! Este encuentro reúne voces comunitarias, experiencias vividas e ideas audaces para avanzar la justicia alimentaria en Chicago y más allá. Acompáñanos, invita a alguien más y sé parte del movimiento por la justicia alimentaria. Nos encanta la idea de poder reunirnos pronto.
 

La inscripción es GRATUITA y está abierta para todas las personas! 

🗓 11–13 de marzo

¡Regístrese hoy!

**This event is organized in partnership with Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events (DCASE). CFPAC and the 21st Annual Chicago Food Justice Summit is supported in part by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds awarded to Cook County Department of Public Health from Cook County Government.

 

First CSEAS Friday Lecture moved online! "Palgrave Handbook of Practical Sustainability"

 

Friday lecture by Dean Brinkmann and Dr. Oo Jan 23rd lecture online only

 Due to potential bad weather on Friday, we have moved the lecture online only.

Please register at the link below or using the QR code in the flyer:

https://niu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/RBdahrRsQ2SOCbWw8PFPXg#/registration

Center for Southeast Asia Studies - EAE events

 Robert Brinkmann; Chit Wityi Oo

Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Smerge Endowed Dean’s Chair, Department of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Northern Illinois University; Postdoctoral Researcher/Research Associate, Department of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Northern Illinois University.

“Book talk: The Palgrave Handbook of Practical Sustainability”

Friday, Jan. 23, noon.

Peters Campus Life Building 100 and online (registration required for zoom attendance).

Matthew E. Andersen

Senior Scientist for Biology, Office of International Programs, U.S. Geological Survey.

“Mekong River Delta: History, Geography, and Socioeconomics”

Friday, Feb. 6, noon.

Peters Campus Life Building 100 and online (registration required for zoom attendance).

Miles Kenney-Lazar

School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Melbourne.

“Socializing Land: Plantations, Dispossession and Resistance in Laos”

Friday, Mar. 27, noon.

Peters Campus Life Building 100 and online (registration required for zoom attendance).

Free Online Sustainability Conference

 CUSPERS (Community of University Students for Policy advocacy, Education and Research on Sustainability), known as cuspers.org, is an organization that helps post-secondary student leaders launch sustainability campaigns, connect with others across schools, and build networks. 

On Saturday, Nov 29, cuspers.org is holding the Cuspers Conference: a free online student-focused sustainability conference to connect like-minded students and spread sustainable practices. Our goal is to facilitate networking – bringing together students involved in similar projects and fostering cross-school collaborations. There will be presentations by current and former students involved in sustainability campaigns, and many opportunities for discussion. 

You don’t need to have worked on a project to attend! Registration is open to all students with a passion for sustainability. You can register for the conference here: https://form.typeform.com/to/ccoPTf7L.

If you're unable to attend but would like to learn more about cuspers.org and how you can get involved, we invite you to become a member by filling out this short survey: https://form.typeform.com/to/K3CfMQBL. You can also follow us on Instagram @cuspers_ for more updates! 

Feel free to contact Alexandra at alexandra@cuspers.org for more information. We hope to see you there!

Climate Week

 Climate Week NYC takes place Sept. 21-18. Though the full event takes place in New York, there are many virtual and hybrid events within the week. You can search here by format to find events that you can attend from afar. Many of these events—on mitigation strategies, community organizing, coping with climate anxiety, and more—may be of interest

Online Summer Course No Prereqs!

 

GEOG 303: Water Resources & the Environment—FULLY ONLINE COURSE

Evaluation of water as a resource; its availability, distribution, use, and quality. Operation of the hydrologic cycle and relationships between surface water and the soil, groundwater, and atmosphere. Human impacts on water resources and the management of water-related hazards, including flooding, drought, and the spread of disease. Please email Dr. Sharon Ashley (sashley@niu.edu) if you have any questions or would like to see a sample syllabus.

 

GEOG 306: Severe & Hazardous Weather—FULLY ONLINE COURSE

Examination of fundamentals of atmospheric phenomena with an emphasis on understanding concepts and processes behind severe manifestations of weather and climate. Physical aspects of extratropical cyclones, winter weather phenomena, thunderstorm phenomena, tropical weather systems, and large-scale, longer-term weather events are analyzed. Case studies are employed to investigate human, economic, and environmental consequences of extreme weather and climate events. Please email Dr. Walker Ashley (washley@niu.edu) if you have any questions or would like to see a sample syllabus.

Free Bootcamp Online Can Earn $400

 My name is Jessica Eisma, and I am an assistant professor of water resources engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. I am the PI for an NSF CyberTraining grant that holds an online bootcamp for undergraduate students interested in water and energy research. The bootcamp teaches the basics of Python programming (analytics and visualization), FAIR data principles, and machine learning within a justice in data theme (flyer attached). Our goal is to teach undergraduate students how to find, access, and work with data such that their data can be reused by other researchers. We are looking for applicants that have active research experience or a summer research experience lined up. As the PI of an NSF REU site, you may be interested in offering this additional training and fellowship opportunity to your active/incoming undergraduate research students.

 

The bootcamp will be held through Microsoft Teams during the weeks of May 20-31 and will be FREE for all participants. UTA professors in civil engineering and computer science will deliver the content, which includes many examples and hands-on activities. The students will have the opportunity to participate in a mentoring relationship over the summer, ending with an online research symposium. All students affiliated with US universities who complete the program will earn a Justice in Data Fellowship award of at least $400. More details are available on our website: https://seusi-lab.uta.edu/research/justice-in-data/.

 

Please share with students and faculty who may be interested. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions.

 

Best,

Jessica

 

DR. JESSICA EISMA (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Water Resources Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
jessica.eisma@uta.edu
Office: 817-272-7122
www.jessicaeisma.com
Twitter: @JAE_Aguamenti

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