Announcements
- CU 麻豆影院 ecologist Karen Bailey, who serves on the Colorado Parks & Wildlife Commission, aims to listen to advocates for predators and also ranchers and farmers
- The Mehrabi lab is looking for two 12-month Postdoctoral Associates starting as soon as possible. You will join a team of scientists working together to build new data products and analyses for monitoring and assessment of social and environmental development outcomes linked to poverty, food security, employment, infrastructure, energy, biodiversity, and human health.
- We are ALL Sustainable Buffs and our individual actions add up to make a big impact! The EcoKit can help improve your sustainable habits and also influence those around you!
- Congratulations to Professor Roger Pielke and Assistant Professor Matt Burgess with their co-author on their recent publication out now in Environmental Research Letters. The new study suggests some cautiously optimistic good news: the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement goal is still within reach, while apocalyptic, worst-case scenarios are no longer plausible.
- Three ENVS PhD students, Laura Rea, Lee Frankel-Goldwater, and Tyler Nuckols, were awarded the 2022 Beverly Sears & Cynthia H. Schultz Graduate Student Research Grants.
- Enacting climate is in the spotlight. CU Theatre & Dance partners with Climate Change Theatre Action 2021 in New York City to produce ten brief climate plays by authors from around the world interspersed with fun Cabaret-style musical numbers
- This Vox article explores what the growth of the alternative-meat industry might mean for farmers, ranchers, and farm workers. The article is based partly on a recent research paper by ENVS Associate Professor Peter Newton and his colleague Dan Blaustein-Rejto at the Breakthrough Institute.
- Assistant Professor Karen Bailey has been appointed to Colorados Parks & Wildlife Commission by Governor Jared Polis serving a 4-year term from July 2, 2021 - July 1, 2025. The Parks and Wildlife Commission is responsible for perpetuating the wildlife resources of the state, providing a quality state parks system and providing enjoyable and sustainable outdoor recreation opportunities that educate and inspire current and future generations to serve as active stewards of Colorado natural resources.
- Congratulations to ENVS Assistant Professor Cassandra Brooks who was awarded the AESS Early Career Award and recent Ph.D. graduate Urooj Raja who received the AESS Student Paper Award.
- As an Assistant Director Angela will help position the Department as we implement the Governor鈥檚 and State鈥檚 priorities on climate change, protecting communities from wildfires, promoting forest health and restoration, and moving forward on protecting public health and the environment while managing our state鈥檚 oil and natural gas resources.鈥