Throughout the semester, the SWIMMER team hosts biweekly seminars focusing on three central themes:
- technical skills,
- career development, and
- community engagement.
The overall goal of these seminar themes is to provide training and development opportunities as well as connecting students’ work with real world examples and organizations. Many of these seminars are open to those outside the cohort as well, to reserve a seat please contact the SWIMMER team by email at swimmer@uml.edu.
Spring 2023 Seminar Series
| Date | Time and Location | Seminar Information |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, Jan. 20 | Noon-1:30 p.m.
Pulichino Tong Business Center Room 180 | Wastewater-based Epidemiology: An Emerging Tool for Public Health Surveillance and Early Warning for Disease Outbreaks SWIMMER kicked off the Spring 2023 seminar series with Sheree Pagsuyoin speaking about her research on wastewater and its application in monitoring public health and potential disease outbreaks. |
| Friday, Feb. 17 | 1-2:30 p.m.
Pulichino Tong Business Center Room 180 | Microplastics in the Environment Three esteemed panelists joined us to share their work and reflect on the social, environmental, and scientific aspects of this emerging contaminant. |
| Friday, March 3 | Noon-1:30 p.m.
Pulichino Tong Business Center Room 180 | Climate Change, Water Policy, and Ethics Nicholas Evans presentation and discussion on the ethics of climate change and water policies. |
| Friday, March 17 | Noon-1:30 p.m.
Pulichino Tong Business Center Room 180 | Mystery on the Merrimack Tsongas Industrial History Center with an active presentation and discussion on how a mystery was solved regarding the Merrimack River and the surrounding waterways in and around Lowell, Mass. |
| Friday, March 31 | Noon-1:30 p.m.
Pulichino Tong Business Center Room 180 | Beyond the Safety Data Sheets (SDS) SWIMMER hosts the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) for a training on the basics of toxicology, how chemicals enter and impact the environment, how to use and understand the limitations of information on safety data sheets. Note: This seminar will have an interactive component that requires the use of a laptop. If you would like to borrow one for this session, please email: swimmer@uml.edu. |
| Friday, April 14 | Noon-1:30 p.m.
Pulichino Tong Business Center Room 180 | Industry Speaker: Conor Carlin Managing Director at Illig North America and President Elect of the Society of Plastics Engineers Conor Carlin will be speaking about sustainable packaging and the complexities of plastics recycling. |