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CalEPA awards Environmental Justice to Sacred Heart Community Services and Chris Bacon
Support for training, research, and infrastructure of food pantry volunteers and urban gardeners to transform food waste
Support for training, research, and infrastructure of food pantry volunteers and urban gardeners to transform food waste
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Getting water out of thin air – and relieving drought stress in trees
ESS major Ethan Hayden reports about his summer research experience in engineering
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Environmental Studies and English double major Hannah Maryanski ('15) is this year's Valedictorian!
Hannah will address the graduating class at Saturday's commencement. We are so proud of Hannah!
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ESS graduates Genna Magnan, Jennifer Laws, Hannah Maryanski, Cynthia Baricevic, and Anthony Ferrari recognized for their achievements
Several members of the ESS Class of ’15 were honored for their many important contributions to environmental justice and academic excellence.
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ESS major Sean Reilly wins distinguished student researcher award
Sean was one of six students honored by the School of Field Studies for his work on a project seeking to strengthen Aborigine communities through cultural tourism.
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Our newest Dr. John
Long-time ESS faculty member John Farnsworth has earned his Ph.D. in English.
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Victoria Adetuyi ’15, Environmental Studies: From ESS to Graduate School in Sustainability Management
Victoria was recently accepted into Master’s programs in Sustainability Management at Columbia University, the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Affairs, UC San Francisco, and the Presidio Graduate School for Sustainability.
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Baja 2015!
Sixteen students chose to devote their Spring Break to study the natural history of Baja California Sur with Dr. John Farnsworth and Dr. Roger Luckenbach. Lisa McMonagle '15 shares her experience.
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Fossil Free Santa Clara University (FFSCU) is working for Divestment
Lisa McMonagle '15 and the Fossil Free Santa Clara University (FFSCU) student club encourage divestment from the top 200 fossil fuel extraction companies.
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Just Moving the Letters Around: SCU to USC
Ben Frazier ’14 worked with professors Lisa Kealhofer, Lee Panich, and Iris Stewart-Frey on a GIS project that is mapping the cultural resources at SCU through time.
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William Burke '13, Environmental Science - WET track
William worked on a Cumulative Environmental Impact Assessment and a GIS project in Nicaragua with ESS professors Iris Stewart-Frey and Chris Bacon. He co-authored a peer-reviewed article and is currently a graduate student in Geography at Indiana University.
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Jennifer Laws ’15 – Research Assistant, GIS Teaching Assistant, ESRI Intern
Jennifer Laws '15 has been doing research work with ESS professors Chris Bacon and Iris Stewart-Frey. She was recently accepted to the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UC Santa Barbara.
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How to get your Foot in the Door in the Public Sector
Sara Aliotti '13 recently advised one of current ESS seniors who is interested in Urban Planning, on how to get started with an internship or entry level position in the public sector
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Capstone Projects 2015
Details on the capstone projects
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ESS alumna Kelly Ferron '10, Waste Zero Specialist
Kelly Ferron, '10, currently works in the Greater Seattle Area and hopes to continue her education soon as a postgraduate researcher.
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ESS alumnus Carlos Carrillo '14 presents his research at scientific conference
Carlos presented a poster on the increases in extreme hydrologic events under climate change at the American Geophysical Union's annual conference.
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Virginia Matzek awarded funding for restoration study in France
Matzek and colleagues received a 10,000 Euro grant to examine carbon credits under different forest management practices in the Rhone Valley.
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Cold-water fish habitat affected by warmer climate in the Columbia River Basin
A stream temperature model developed by ESS faculty member Iris Stewart and colleagues enables stream temperature forecasts under climatic changes for different ecological provinces in the Columbia River Basin.
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Nicaraguan smallholders thin shade trees, but maintain high species diversity
Chris Bacon (ESS) and colleagues found that tree density and carbon stocks declined over the decade-long study, but diversity of tree species remained unchanged.
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How and when did the Sierra Nevada rise?
New research by ESS faculty member Hari Mix published.
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Agroecology: a Transdisciplinary, Participatory, and Action-oriented Approach
ESS faculty member Chris Bacon and colleagues co-edit a new book.
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Warmer rivers, floods and droughts more likely with climate change
New research by Iris Stewart, Darren Ficklin, and ESS undergraduates Carlos Carrillo and Russell McIntosh assesses climate change impact on mountain streams in the Southwest.
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Sean Reilly '16 wins prestigious Fulbright scholarship
Sean will be going to Australia to study the management and distribution of pond apple, a resource for Aborigines people, as well as a powerful bio-invader.
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Déjà Thomas '17 has been awarded a national Udall Scholarship
The Udall Foundation recognizes college juniors for leadership, public service, and commitment to issues related to American Indian nations or to the environment.
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ESS Capstone 2016 tackles a wide range of environmental issues for a sustainable Silicon Valley
ESS Seniors showcase their capstone projects
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Food Recovery Network Update
The Food Recovery Network at Santa Clara University will be celebrating its second year recovering food this May.
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Ericka Francks ‘17 talks about study abroad experience in Denmark
Ericka studied sustainable development in Copenhagen, Denmark at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS).
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Spring Break in Baja!
Elia Kazemi '17 writes about experience in Baja California
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Environment, workers pay huge price for cheap fashion
The following thought provoking editorial by ESS Junior Elia Kazemi was a class assignment and appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on February 19, 2016
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Faculty Summer Plans
For ESS faculty, summer is not really time off—it’s time when we can focus on our scholarship without the distractions of teaching.
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Congratulations Chris, Virginia, and Leslie!
ESS faculty members Chris Bacon, Virginia Matzek, and Leslie Gray were recently awarded tenure and/or a promotion.
ESS faculty members Chris Bacon, Virginia Matzek, and Leslie Gray were recently awarded tenure and/or a promotion.
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ESS senior Blair Libby wins the 2016 Lucky Hinkle Sustainability Award
Blair was recognized for his exemplary leadership and involvement with numerous units and campaigns promoting sustainability on campus.
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ESS community service, research, and academic excellence awards announced at senior send-off
ESS recognizes the accomplishments of Paloma Sisneros-Lobato, Lauren Cloward, Claire Parchem, and Sean Reilly.
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ESS and Biology major Sean Reilly '16 wins Orella Prize
The Orella Prize is given for academic achievement at the college level
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Ecosystem functioning lags the recovery of plant communities, new study finds
Student researchers assist Virginia Matzek study the Sacramento River
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Matzek wins grants totaling $110K
Funding will support development of metrics for habitat quality and carbon quantification
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ESS Senior Claire Parchem wins $10,000 Clare Boothe Luce research fellowship
Claire studied the impact of drought conditions in urban streams with ESS faculty member Iris Stewart
Claire studied the impact of drought conditions in urban streams with ESS faculty member Iris Stewart
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ESS welcomes new assistant professor C.J. Gabbe
Dr. Gabbe brings his expertise in sustainable urban planning to the department
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Central Valley growers won’t choose to farm carbon, new study says
ESS faculty Virginia Matzek and colleague find that carbon is too cheap to make native forest restoration competitive
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Natural history class goes to Baja for spring break 2017
Info session on Sep 28, Applications due by Oct 14
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Scholarships available for ENVS Baja class
ENVS's popular Natural History of Baja California class will be offered in Winter quarter 2017, and now there will be scholarship assistance for students with documented financial need.
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Calling All Baja Alumni for a Challenge
This challenge goes out to the alumni of the nine expeditions from the “Juanito Era.” (aka Dr. Farnsworth)
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The International Path to SCU
What inspires international students to come to SCU? Environmental science and economics major Mingfei Xiong ’18 shares his experience.
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Chris Bacon and colleagues receive € 500,000 from the Agropolis Foundation
The grant will support the assessment of diversification strategies in smallholder coffee systems of Mesoamerica
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ESS Alumnus Nick Obradovich, Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard and Research Scientist at MIT
Nick’s work focuses on climate change, politics, and the societal impacts of climate change
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Recent Grad Claire Parchem Co-Presents Her Research at Scientific Conference
In collaboration with ESS faculty member Iris Stewart-Frey, Claire ('16) investigated the impacts of the recent extreme drought on urban streams
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We Need to Expand the Definition of What’s Natural
In his Earth Island Journal article, Ted Grudin explores how an inadequate description of the world hinders the environmental movement
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Assessing Vulnerability to the Coffee Leaf Rust Outtbreak, Drought, and Food Insecurity in Nicaragua
New paper by Bacon, Sundstrom, Stewart and Beezer
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Jennifer Laws
Environmental Science, 2015
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Tom Wheeler
Environmental Science, 2016
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Adam Perez
Environmental Studies, 2016
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George Giannos
Environmental Studies, 2017
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Déjà Thomas
Environmental Studies, 2017
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Claire Smoker
Environmental Studies, 2017
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Hannah Dennis
Environmental Science, 2017
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Michael Whalen
Environmental Studies, 2017
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George Giannos wins the 2017 Lucky Hinkle Sustainability Award
George was honored for his leadership role in the award winning rEvolve Tiny House
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Class of 2017
Congratulations to our Environmental Studies & Sciences graduates
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Professor Michelle Marvier Publishes New Book
Available through all good bookshops, or direct from Oxford University Press
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Leslie Gray
Leslie Gray gave the keynote speech at a workshop organized by the U.N.
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Introducing Lisa Kelley!
Lisa was recently awarded a Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley and we are happy to welcome her to SCU.
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Martin Perez '18
Martin Perez is working with ESS faculty on environmental health issues in Nicaragua and Santa Clara County.
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Erin Ronald '19
Study abroad in Copenhagen
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Zach Gianotti '19
Zach Gianotti shares his Icefield Research Experience
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Apply NOW for Baja course 2019!
ENVS/BIOL 144, Natural History of Baja, is a unique course featuring a 10-day camping and kayaking expedition to Baja California and the Sea of Cortez.
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Alumni news: Victoria Adetuyi '15
Sustainability efforts at Unilever
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Alumni news: Genevieve Clow '18
Using remote sensing to study algae in the Great Lakes
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Faculty news: Two new grants for Gabbe
Research to focus on parking and climate-safe housing
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New research: Mapping sustainable coffee
Advances detection of biodiversity-friendly coffee farms
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Double Major Explores Sustainability, Reintroduces Endangered Flora
Student-faculty collaboration aims to grow numbers of rare plant species
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New Research: An Online Carbon Calculator
Tool can be used to predict carbon storage in riparian forest
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Breaking: Another Rhodes finalist!
Erika Francks '17 is fourth in five years from ESS
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New research: Santa Clara urban gardens
Improved diet, food security for low-income families
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New research: Roads, housing, and pollution
Students help assess housing in high-traffic areas
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CAS Recognizes Leslie Gray with Advising Award
Environmental Studies and Sciences chair mentors Rhodes, Fulbrights
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Alumni News: Shawn Warren '14
A lovely letter about a change of career
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New research: Ecosystem services in Australia
Benefits to humans a major rationale for habitat restoration
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Abigail Suster
Environmental Studies major traveled to India with SCU's Global Fellow program to work with the Green Rhinos Program
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New Publication by Hari Mix
Hari Mix recently published two new papers with SCU alumnus Sean Reilly investigating atmospheric rivers
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Kimy Grandi Soriano
Environmental Studies major traveled to Bolivia with SCU's Global Fellow program to work with Boliva4Ward
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New Research: Climate Resilience in Central America
Connecting participatory research, social entrepreneurship, and local institutions in Central America can help build climate resilience
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Teresa Schofield
Environmental Science student researched sea star wasting disease (SSWD) with Dawn Hart of the SCU Biology Department
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Amanda Bostwick '15
Environmental Studies graduate working as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guinea helping to eradicate malaria
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Lauren Cloward
Environmental Studies graduate studying food and water security and smallholder resilience in the Central Plateau region of Burkina Faso
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Meghan Engh Presents Her Work at the AGU Conference
Environmental Science graduate researching urban streams and pursuing a graduate degree in hydrology
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James Wang ’19 Wins Fulbright Scholarship
Environmental Science and Electrical Engineering double major to study "hybrid-supercapacitors" in Paris, France
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Alumni Update: Stephen Maurano '07
Salmon recovery with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Faculty News: College award to Virginia Matzek
Matzek recognized for outstanding research
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SCU announces Environmental Justice Initiative
ESS faculty Bacon & Stewart-Frey co-lead EJ efforts
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Alumni Update: Lisa McMonagle '15
Studying US politics as legislative fellow in DC
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Alumni Update: Déjà Thomas '16
2019 Switzer Fellowship Awardee
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Staff update: ESS welcomes Caitlin Lollis
ESS has a new Senior Administrative Assistant
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Faculty update: New ESS Lecturer, Ted Grudin
Ted offers courses in the Environmental Humanities
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The REAL Side of Data
REAL student Andrew Bake ‘20 used data to illustrate how climate change is affecting Nicaraguan farmers on the ground.
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Student Update: Liam Healey ’19
Bird declines in South Bay restoration projects
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Faculty Update: Iris Stewart-Frey
Reduced rainfall in Central American regions
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Alumni Update: Carlos Carrillo '14
Master of Public Administration at USC
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Alumni Update: James Wang '19
Fulbright Scholar in Paris
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Environmental Studies Major Griffin Garner ’20 Wins Fulbright
Senior Griffin Garner will evaluate best practices in developing climate resilience for smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda.
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Alumni Update: Amanda Vasquez '12
Environmental Programs Manager and MPA
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Iris Stewart-Frey published article on the effect of California’s drought on water supplies
Iris Stewart-Frey and two alumna published article
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Virginia Matzek studies hunting as an ecosystem service
Matzek and research assistant collected data from hunters last fall and winter
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Breaking: Student fellowships for bird population research
Claire Pavelka '20 and Thomas Hayashi '20 will study climate change effects
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Breaking: ESS citizen science
ESS-led team maps urban heat in Silicon Valley
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New scholarship: Racist roots of climate crisis
New paper published by ESS Lecturer Ted Grudin
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Alumni update: Sammi Bennett reflects on Fulbright experience
2019 Environmental Studies major on her research in India
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New Research: School Children and Air Pollution
Unequal exposure across Santa Clara County
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Alumni update: Ian McCluskey joins energy storage startup
Better batteries are key for clean energy
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A Passion for Marine Science
Environmental Science major Fiona Mulhern ’21 got the opportunity to study marine biology as a research assistant funded by the REAL program.
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New Research - Climate and food and water security
SCU faculty study farmer resilience to multiple hazards
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Faculty News: New Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Lab
Zsea Bowmani mentors students in environmental justice research and advocacy
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Alumni Update: Roman JohnDoza '14
Roman JohnDoza finally gets his in at the Oakland Zoo
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Alumni Update: Elia Kazemi '17, J.D. '21
Elia has a new position as State Coastal Conservancy Attorney
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Student News: Sebastian Acevedo '23 wins outstanding poster presentation award
DNA extraction from songbird feathers opens possibilities
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Faculty News: Stephanie Hughes wins Outstanding Career Influencer Award
Hughes was recognized for her commitment to student career development
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Latest Research: Changes in the Midsummer Drought
Climate change shifts rain patterns critical to planting cycles
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Alumni Update: Thomas Hayashi '20, M.S. '21
Building on undergraduate research experience, Thomas analyzes health burdens from wildfires on vulnerable populations for the California Department of Public Health.
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Faculty News: Chris Bacon Awarded National Science Foundation Grant
Assessing crop diversification as a strategy to mitigate risk and build resilience
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Conducting Research in the Suisun Marsh
Michael Weatherford ’23, a lifelong lover of the outdoors, participated in a research opportunity through the REAL program where he got to conduct field work in the Suisun marsh.
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Faculty News: Hiring for Assistant Professor in Race, Justice, and the Environment
Join our Environmental Studies & Sciences Department!
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Iris Stewart-Frey and CRLA awarded $100,000 Environmental Justice Data Fund Grant
Work will advance research to advance the human right to water in disadvantaged California communities