Center for Prairie Studies

Occupational/environmental health expert shares public health implications of animal production, discusses careers in health.

Silvia Federici discusses the price we’ve paid for the loss of our relation to the land, and women’s struggles to reclaim it.

Zoe Schein ’12 shares the cure for a crowded mind in her recent comic “The Size of Things.”

David Bollier discusses the commons—digital and otherwise—in a roundtable discussion and lecture Nov. 18-19.

German guest writers Thomas Pletzinger and Simon Urban visit classes and present a public reading.

Experience the allure and beauty of the prairie after the sun sets as you explore the College’s Conard Environmental Research Area (CERA).

New students interested in Prairie Studies can take their pick of tutorials.

Fall events include an evening at CERA, sustainability tours, drawing workshops, and the Prairie Festival.

4:15 p.m., ARH 102, informal discussion with Professor Donham
7:30 p.m., ARH 102, lecture, "Intensive Livestock Production Systems: Occupational and Environmental Concerns"

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Before last summer, the only butterfly I could identify was a monarch, and the only prairie plant I knew was a coneflower. Thanks to an internship grant from the…