BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations DESCRIPTION:Frontiers in Science | Plant Ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer\, Ma rch 30\n\nThe Frontiers in Science lecture series presents author and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology Robin Wall Kimmer er on Thursday\, March 30\, at 7:30 p.m. in the Baker Center Ballroom. Door s open at 6:30 p.m.\, and this event is free and open to the public.\n\n \n \nKimmerer will discuss her work in sustainability through the restoration of ecological communities and rebuilding people’s relationships to the land .\n\n \n\nKimmerer is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom\ , Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants\, which has received wid e acclaim. Her first book\, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses\, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature wri ting. \n\n \n\nA mother\, scientists\, decorated professor and member the C itizen Potawatomi Nation\, Kimmerer is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Profes sor of Environmental Biology. She is also the founder and director of the C enter for Native Peoples and the Environment\, whose mission is to create p rograms which draw on the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledg e for shared goals of sustainability. In 2022 she was named a MacArthur Fel low.\n\n \n\nHer remarks at Ohio University will be free and open to all me mbers 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 ava ilable and the link can be found at this web page on the day of the event.\ n\n \n\nLittle Professor Bookstore will be selling Kimmerer's books at the Baker Center Ballroom before and after the event. Cash\, check and credit c ard will be accepted. There will be a public book signing at this event\, a fter the main lecture.\n\n \n\nOHIO’s Frontiers in Science lecture series w as established in 1991 by a gift from Jeanette Grasselli Brown\, an OHIO al umna 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.\n\n \n\nFor more information on the Frontiers in Science Lecture Series\, please visit this OHIO webpage.\n\nFor additional information on Kimmerer\, visit robin wallkimmerer.com. DTEND:20230331T003000Z DTSTAMP:20241114T170231Z DTSTART:20230330T233000Z GEO:39.324863;-82.101742 LOCATION:Baker University Center\, ballroom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Frontiers in Science | Plant Ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer\, March 30 UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_42306323594721 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/frontiers_in_science_plant_ecologist_ro bin_wall_kimmerer_march_30 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR