Frontiers in Science | Plant Ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer, March 30

The Frontiers in Science lecture series presents author and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology Robin Wall Kimmerer on Thursday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Baker Center Ballroom. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and this event is free and open to the public.

Kimmerer will discuss her work in sustainability through the restoration of ecological communities and rebuilding people’s relationships to the land.

Kimmerer is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, which has received wide acclaim. Her first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses , was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. 

A mother, scientists, decorated professor and member the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Kimmerer is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology. She is also the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, whose mission is to create programs which draw on the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledge for shared goals of sustainability. In 2022 she was named a MacArthur Fellow.

Her remarks at Ohio University will be free and open to all members of the public. The speech will begin at 7:30 p.m. on March 30, with the doors opening at 6:30 p.m. In addition, there will be a livestream available and the link can be found at this web page  on the day of the event.

Little Professor Bookstore will be selling Kimmerer's books at the Baker Center Ballroom before and after the event. Cash, check and credit card will be accepted. There will be a public book signing at this event, after the main lecture.

OHIO’s Frontiers in Science lecture series was established in 1991 by a gift from Jeanette Grasselli Brown, an OHIO alumna and former University trustee, and her husband, Glenn R. Brown. The series features scientists who have been recognized for their commitment to share their scientific knowledge with individuals of all ages.

For more information on the Frontiers in Science Lecture Series, please visit this OHIO webpage .

For additional information on Kimmerer, visit robinwallkimmerer.com .