Wilkes Climate Summit 2025
Climate Change Innovation, Science and Solutions | May 15, 2025
The 2025 Wilkes Climate Summit at the Eccles Alumni House at the University of Utah convened leading policymakers, and nationally-recognized scientists, foundations, and innovators to discuss the most promising and cutting-edge solutions for climate change.
Microplastics, PFAS, & Other Contaminants of Emerging Concern
May 21st, 2025, 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Marriott Library, Room 1130
can you turn this to one line: In coordination with the Office of the Vice President for Research, the PEAK Water Sustainability Engine is excited to host a 90-minute Microplastics lightning talk event to identify related and existing areas of strength on campus, hear lightning talks from active researchers in this space, and discuss emerging research opportunity in this area.
2025 Darcy Lecture with Dr. Grant Ferguson, Ph.D.
Living Fossils: Ancient Groundwaters in the Anthropocene | April 16th, 2025, 12-2pm | INSCC 110
The bulk of groundwater on Earth is fossil, having been recharged more than 12,000 years ago. Past definitions classified these waters as nonrenewable because the aquifer systems containing them are not replenished on human timescales. Scrutiny of this definition suggests that it is overly simplistic and may result in preventing access to groundwater to improve water security in some cases or while failing to prevent excessive depletion in others.
Wallace Stegner Center 30th Annual Symposium
The symposium will consider air pollution’s environmental and human health tolls—including the unequal burdens air pollution places on disadvantaged communities. Despite gains in many places, air pollution remains a vexing problem across the nation. In Utah, winters bring inversions and particulate matter pollution, and summers deliver increased ground-level ozone pollution. The Wasatch Front regularly exceeds national ambient air quality standards, exacerbated by the region’s unique geography and meteorology. March 20-21, 2025
PEAK Water Kickoff Event
Please join us for the PEAK Water Sustainability Engine kickoff event. Enjoy keynote speakers, lightning talks, refreshments, and networking.
January 22, 2025
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