Nobel Conference

10/07/2026

Day one of the 62nd Nobel Conference was wonderful. Learning about how the Mighty Mississippi has impacted and continues to impact our lives in so many ways has been a joy and a great learning experience. We hope you also enjoyed hearing from the leading experts on day one, and are just as excited as we are for day two.

If you want more information on today's schedule follow this link: https://gustavus.edu/about/nobel-conference

10/05/2026

Meet Lisa Schulte Moore. She is the Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agricultural and Life Sciences in the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management and Director of the Bioeconomy Institute at Iowa State University

Her Lecture will be: All Together in the Watershed: Connecting What Happens on Land with What’s in Our Water and What to do About It.

Join us at the Nobel Conference to hear about The Mighty Mississippi at Gustavus Adolphus College starting tomorrow, October 6th and continuing on the 7th.

10/04/2026

Meet Beverly Wright she is a Professor of Sociology at Dillard University who founded the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ) in 1992—the first environmental justice center in the United States

Her Lecture at this years Nobel Conference is: Troubled Waters: How Race, Class and Climate Intersect Along the Mississippi River

We're looking forward to having everyone with us at Gustavus Adolphus College on October 6th and 7th for this years Nobel Conference. We'll see you there.

10/03/2026

Meet speaker Nicholas Pinter, a Roy J. Shlemon Distinguished Professor in Applied Geosciences in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Associate Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis

His lecture will be on: 300+ Years of ‘Riparian Consent’: Living with Floods Along the Mississippi River

Come see his lecture along with many others during The Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College on October 6th and 7th.

10/02/2026

The Mississippi River has come a long way in the last 100 years. At the Nobel Conference we're diving in deep to all things Mississippi. We can continue to make the Mississippi even better.

Come learn all about it at this years Nobel Conference on October 6th and 7th at Gustavus Adolphus College

10/01/2026

Meet Ehab Meselhe he's the Charlotte Beyer Hubbell Chair, and Department Chair of the River-Coastal Science and Engineering at Tulane University

His lecture at the Nobel Conference will be: The Mississippi River: A Century of Control, Consequences, and the Legacy of the 1927 Flood.

If you're interested in learning so much more about The Mississippi River and how it impacts our lives, people, and nature around us, join us at The Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College on October 6th and 7th.

09/29/2026

The Mighty Mississippi is a central part of the water system. It flows through our bodies, the land and into a river. Our connection to water is happening daily. Connect with water at a deeper level during this years Nobel Conference on October 6th and 7th at Gustavus Adolphus College.

09/28/2026

Dr. Solomon David was on Minnesota Live this morning talking about the Gar Fish. Give it a watch to get a mini preview of the Nobel Conference coming October 6th and 7th at Gustavus Adolphus College.

09/22/2026

Meet the Nobel Conference Speakers: Nick Estes

Nick Estes is an Associate Professor in the Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota, the oldest American Indian Studies department in the United States.

Nick's lecture is called: At the Edge of Empire: The Mississippi River, Settler Colonialism, and the Oceti Sakowin.

In 1787, the Mississippi was the Western-most boundary of the fledgling United States. That included the lands Dakota people called Mni Sóta Makoce (pronounced mni-SOH-tah mah-KOH-chay). The river itself served as a tool for American explorers and settlers to make economic and military inroads into the region.

Understanding the history of conquest is essential for making sense of the recent federal invasion of Minnesota. At the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers was the Dakota site of emergence known as Bdóte. It was here that Americans built Fort Snelling, which is today home to the ICE regional headquarters. This talk examines the history of militarization of the Mississippi River in Mni Sóta Makoce and how it facilitated settler colonialism and westward expansion. This talk also looks at how Indigenous resistance challenges not only the colonial history of the Mississippi River but also a future premised on justice.

Join us on October 6th and 7th to hear Nick, and many other speakers discuss all aspects of the Mighty Mississippi at The Nobel Conference.

06/25/2026

Check out this great article featuring one of this years Nobel Conference speakers Solomon David and his work with these fascinating ancient fish that live in the Mississippi River.

Contributing columnist David M. Perry joined the U’s GarLab team on an electrofishing expedition June 15 to learn more about gar and other native rough fish species.