Spring 2025 Colloquia – Geosciences Skip to content Skip to footer Thursday, February 27th, 4:00pm CST Lapham N103 and Teams Dr. Susan Swanson Colloquia, Director, State Geologist Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Title: Threats to Groundwater Resources in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Host: Elmo Rawling Thursday, March 13th, 4:00pm CST Lapham N10 Dr. Jeff Munroe, Philip B. and Sarah F. Cowles Stewart Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences, Middlebury College, Vermont Title: The unique geologic identity of diverse Vermont vineyards Host: Barry Cameron Thursday, April 3rd, 4:00pm CDT Lapham N10 Matt Magruder Colloquia , Environmental Research Manager, MMSD Title: Maximizing the Benefits of Green Stormwater Infrastructure under Climate Change Host: Rob Graziano Thursday, April 17th, 4:00pm CDT Lapham N10 Michelle Thaller Colloquia , Assistant Director of Science Communication (retired) NASA Title: Planetary Evolution in a Larger: Context the Effects of Our Space Environment on Climate, Geology, and Habitability Host: Rob Graziano Thursday, April 24th, 4:00pm CDT Lapham Hall N101 Jiyan Hatami Colloquia M.S., Hydrogeologic Specialist, Stantec Title: Environmental Consulting, Brownfield Redevelopment, and Navigating Your Early Career Host: Charles Paradis Thursday, May 1st, 4:00pm CDT Lapham Hall N101 J Elmo Rawling Colloquia Quaternary Geologist, Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey Title: Impacts of Lake Level, Bluff Erosion, and Ice on the Modern Lake Michigan Shoreline. Host: Charles Paradis UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website