PLE 2026 Summer Seminar Series

**PLE Summer Seminar Series**

PLE is pleased to announce the speakers for our annual seminar series. Please join us this summer at the PLE Housing Site in the Dining Hall for each seminar. All talks begin at 7 PM.
Date	Speaker	Instituition	Title
5/19	Marco Gonzalez Santoro	University of Pittsburgh	The role of social learning in speciation by sexual selection
5/26	Stacy Beers	PA Game Commission	Bats! Bat talk and mist netting
6/2	Michael Werner	West Chester University of PA / Environmental Consultant	The Sky Is Falling: Consideration of the Development of Environmental Law and Regulation and Opportunities for Growth
6/9	Jason Kilgore	Washington and Jefferson College	Long-term conservation of white ash (Fraxinus americana) on the Allegheny National Forest, USA
6/16	Andy Lance	Holden Arboretum	Adaptive Land Management in Action
6/23	Pat Lyon	University of Pittsburgh	TBD
6/30	Alicia Endress	University of Pittsburgh	TBD
7/7	Chelsesa Miller	University of Akron	TBD
7/14	Danielle Tufts	University of Pittsburgh	TBD