Gund Events

The Gund Institute for Environment hosts speakers and other events throughout the spring and fall semesters. We welcome you to join us at the following events:

April

GundxChange: Brian Robinson
Associate Professor, Department of Geography, McGill University
April 18, 2025 from 12-1pm
Farrell Hall, room 006

Postdoc Coffee Talk: How are warming winters in Vermont impacting our water quality?
Megan Duffy, Gund Institute and Rubenstein School Postdoctoral Fellow
April 24, 10-10:30am
Farrell Hall, room 006

GundxChange: Navigating Radical Hope for Inclusiveness (Workshop)
Gund Institute Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee
April 25, 2025 from 12-1pm
Farrell Hall, room 006

Human health and environmental conservation in the federal government: status and prospects
Elizabeth Daut, Global Biodiversity and OneHealth Expert
Sarah Greenberger, Energy, Climate, and Conservation Expert
UVM Davis Center 422 (Chittenden Foundation Room)
April 29, 2025, 11:30am-1pm

Past Events

See also: recorded talks on the Gund Institute YouTube page.

The Role of Medicine in Planetary Health
Jonathan Patz, M.D., MPH, John P. Holton Chair of Health and the Environment, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Macmillan Visiting Scholar, Gund Institute for Environment
Monday, January 6 from 8:00-9:00 am

Public Talk: From Climate Change Evidence to Action – Accelerating Pathways for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet
Jonathan Patz, M.D., MPH, John P. Holton Chair of Health and the Environment, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Macmillan Visiting Scholar, Gund Institute for Environment
January 21, 2025 from 4:00-5:00 pm
Davis Center Silver Maple, Room: 401, Davis Center, 590 Main Street, Burlington

Public Talk: Nature and Human Health – Flash Talks, Q&A, and Conversations
Alumni House – Silver Pavilion 61 Summit Street, Burlington
Friday, January 24, 2025 from 4–6:30pm
Macmillan Visiting Scholars

  • Victoria Bortfield, U.S. Global Change Research Program
  • Timothy Bowles, University of California Berkeley
  • Matt Browning, Clemson University
  • Monika Derrien, U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station
  • Lora Fleming, University of Exeter
  • Howard Frumkin, University of Washington
  • Michele Kondo, U.S. Forest Service Northern Research Station
  • Kyle Hill, University of Minnesota
  • Alexandra Lawrence, U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin
  • Amber Pearson, Michigan State University
  • Taylor Ricketts, University of Vermont
  • Alessandro Rigolon, University of Utah
  • Jen Roberts, University of Maryland

GundxChange: Invasive Species: Impacts on Ecosystems and Human Well-being
Noelia Barrios-Garcia, Lecturer, Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont
January 31, 2025 from 12-1pm
Farrell Hall, room 006

GundxChange: Nature Conservation as a way of life near the Saint Francis River in Brazil: the lives of humans and more-than-human beings in dialogue within traditional communities
Guilherme Dantas Nogueira, Coordinator of the Public Policies in Brazil - Certificate on Afro-Latin American Studies - ALARI Visiting Research Associate
February 7, 2025 from 12-1pm
Farrell Hall, room 006

GundxChange: One Disease, Many Impacts: Developing a Multiagency Prevention and Response Plan for Chronic Wasting Disease in Vermont
Brittany Mosher, Assistant Professor, Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont
February 14, 2025 from 12-1pm
Farrell Hall, room 006

GundxChange: Advancing the Symphony Project: Agroecology and Planetary Health through Community-Centered, Transdisciplinary, and Plural Research in Ecuador's Highlands
Carlos Andres Gallegos-Riofrio, Research Assistant Professor, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gund Affiliate
February 28, 2025 from 12-1pm
Farrell Hall, room 006

GundxChange: Energy transition: geothermal and CO2 storage technologies
Ehsan Ghazanfari, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UVM
March 7, 2025 from 12-1pm
Farrell Hall, room 006

GundxChange: Flowing through change: how extreme events reshape tropical stream ecosystems
Pablo Gutiérrez-Fonseca, Lecturer, Rubenstein School for Environment and Natural Resources, UVM
March 14, 2025 from 12-1pm
Farrell Hall, room 006

GundxChange: Sustainability for the Forgotten
Gary Machlis, Professor of Environmental Sustainability, Clemson University; Science Advisor to the Director, U.S. National Park Service (NPS) 2009-2014
March 21, 2025 from 12-1pm
Farrell Hall, room 006

GundxChange: The Value of a Whale: Zencey Prize for Ecological Economics Winner 2024
Adrienne Buller
March 28, 2025 from 12-1pm
Farrell Hall, room 006

GundxChange: Mariano Rodriguez-Cabal
Associate Professor, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, UVM
April 11, 2025 from 12-1pm
Farrell Hall, room 006

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