Weekly Update (04/21/2025)
ESPP News
Course Announcements
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Dr. Yadu Pokhrel will be offering ENE 890, Advanced Hydrology in Fall 2025. Additional details are available in the attached course flyer. Please check if you are interested or share it with those who may be interested. Class meets: Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:30-9:50 AM (Room: TBD)
Course Overview: The focus of this course will be on advanced topics in hydrology that are essential for hydrological modeling over varying spatial (global to watershed) and temporal scales. It is intended to provide the theoretical basis for an advanced hydrological modeling course. The general concepts in physical hydrology, covered in ENE 421 (e.g., runoff, evapotranspiration, groundwater flow), will be discussed first before moving on to the advanced topics which include solving complex governing equations of energy and water balance used to resolve various surface and sub-surface hydrological processes. Some examples include 1-D and 3-D Richard’s equation for unsaturated flow and Saint-Venant equations for integrated river-floodplain-reservoir routing. Advanced numerical schemes used to solve these equations in land surface models will also be discussed.
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IBIO/FOR/FW 870: Spatial Ecology
Spatial Ecology is the science of understanding and predicting ecological patterns in space. More specifically, spatial ecology is the science of understanding spatial patterns in the environment and how they link to underlying biological and physical processes. In this course, you will learn the basic and applied aspects of spatial ecology. This course will cover spatial ecology in the context of terrestrial and aquatic environments, including interface environments, as well as the influence of humans on spatial ecology. Contact Kelly Kapsar (kapsarke@msu.edu) or Lala Kounta (kountala@msu.edu) for more information.
Seminars, Workshops, and Other Events
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Allison Pugh is Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. Her book The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World (Princeton 2024) is based on a study of the standardization of work that relies on relationships. She is also the author of The Tumbleweed Society: Working and Caring in an Age of Insecurity (2015), a study of the effects of job precariousness on intimate life, and the editor of Beyond the Cubicle: Job Insecurity, Intimacy and the Flexible Self (2016). Her first book, Longing and Belonging: Parents, Children, and Consumer Culture (2009), won multiple best book awards and was widely reviewed.
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Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture: Anthony Bebbington | 10 AM, May 1, 2025 | Virtual
Dr. Bebbington is the International Program Director for Natural Resources and Climate Change at the Ford Foundation and Higgins Professor of Environment and Society at Clark University, USA. He has also held positions at several other organizations, such as the World Bank. Dr. Bebbington has conducted pioneering work on environmental governance, extractive industries, smallholder agriculture, social movements, and non-governmental organizations. His outstanding achievements have been recognized by many prestigious honors and awards. For example, he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Guggenheim Fellowship recipient. Dr. Bebbington’s lecture is titled “Building Infrastructures for a Socially Just Mitigation of Climate Change”. Please do a very simple registration to receive the Zoom link for the lecture.
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Great Lakes Plant Science Conference | September 12-14, 2025 | The Lansing Center
This conference will bring together plant scientists and students to push the boundaries of plant science, promote collaborations, and empower the next-generation plant science leaders. This conference is organized by 10 universities in the states and provinces around the Great Lakes and open to anyone in the world.
Jobs and Training Opportunities
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Research Assistant - Center for Gender in Global Context
The Center for Gender in Global Context is hiring a research assistant (RA). This is a paid position requiring a commitment of 10-15 hours per week, April to June of 2025. Work will be completed in office and can be scheduled around your course schedule. Students must be enrolled at Michigan State University. Graduate students are preferred, but undergraduate students may also apply.
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Assistant Professor - Water Quality and Climate, Michigan State University
The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University (MSU) invites applications for a full‐time, 9-month tenure system Assistant Professor with a 50% research, 30% teaching, 10% extension, and 10% service assignment. The position start date is anticipated to be August 16, 2025. The individual selected for this position will be expected to develop a regionally, nationally, and internationally recognized program centered on water quality and freshwater ecosystems in the context of climate change addressing adaptation, mitigation, management, sustainability, or conservation.