During our summer field season, we host presentations on a variety of environmental topics. We aim to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to our St. Louis-based community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
We hope you will be joining us at Tyson during Summer 2025!
Tyson Summer Research Symposium and Dinner
THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2:00-5:00 PM
Poster presentations by our undergraduate fellows and high school apprentices will describe their summer research experiences. We are also welcoming poster presentations from undergraduate summer interns with WashU’s Center for the Environment and Office of Sustainability. Please meet us behind the research lab.
The symposium will be followed by a catered community dinner at the Living Learning Center.
4:00 pm Dinner
Tyson Environmental Conference and Dinner
Living Learning Center
FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1:00-5:00 PM
1:00-1:30 pm Refreshments and Networking
1:30-2:10 pm Presentations
Restoration and the maintenance of plant diversity across scales in imperiled tallgrass prairies
Chris Catano
Department of Botany & Plant Sciences
University of California, Riverside
Tick-borne disease in a dynamic landscape: Does exposure risk change over time?
Derek McFarland
Program in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Biology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2:10-2:30 pm Refreshments and Networking
2:30-3:10 pm Presentations
Agricultural pest systems in a brightening world
Colleen Miller
Natural Capital Project: The Earth-Economy Modelers
University of Minnesota
Leveraging Geospatial Technology to Protect Cultural and Historical Resources
Garet Couch
National Tribal Geographic Information Support Center (NTGISC), also known as Tribal GIS®
3:10-3:30 pm Refreshments and Networking
3:30-4:10 pm Presentation and Panel Questions
Science on the Trails: Preliminary Results from SERGUS REU's Socio-Ecological Exploration of Urban Greenways in Edwardsville, IL
Shannon McCarragher
Department of Geography & Geographic Information Sciences
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
4:10-5:00 pm Dinner
Tyson Research Showcase
and Dinner
THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2:00-5:00 PM
Tyson-based research teams will gave overviews of their summer 2025 projects.
The showcase was followed by a catered community dinner and celebration of the start of Pride Month in June.
4:00 pm Dinner
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