Drawing on eight years of atmospheric deposition data from 30 sites across the Midwest and West, Dr. Janice Brahney will discuss how toxins, nutrients, heavy metals, caffeine, and microplastics in dust affect people and ecosystems. She explains how dust from the exposed Great Salt Lake bed can carry both natural materials and pollutants from human activity, with consequences for health, snowpack, and mountain watersheds. Her research helped California become the first state to define microplastics, and she argues that air-quality monitoring must look beyond PM10 and that action needs to begin now.
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Drawing on ecological research and on-the-ground wildfire science, Dr. Larissa Yocom discusses how decades of aggressive fire suppression have contributed to larger, hotter, and more destructive fires, while costing millions of dollars each year.
As Utah faces continued drought conditions, how can residents reduce the water needs of their green spaces while preserving the benefits those landscapes provide?
As the only endowed quartet at a university in Utah — and one of only a handful in the country — the Fry Street Quartet is uniquely positioned to highlight how research and art enhance each other.
