Prof. Crystal Dixon co-authored “Using the Environmental Health Disparities Framework to understand Black and Latino perspectives of a local fertilizer plant fire”. One of our ENV affiliated faculty, Prof. Rowie Kirby-Straker, was another co-author.
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Dr. Stephen Smith’s ENV 321(Earth’s Dynamic Surface) class took a trip to Stone Mountain State Park, NC. Apart from about 10 minutes of rain on the summit, they all had a great day!
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As we wind down the summer and prepare to begin the 2024-2025 academic year, we are happy to welcome three new faculty members to the ENV team and send off Dr. Sames on new adventures. Dr. Leslie Straker has joined us from the WFU Graduate […]
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Dr. Julie Velásquez Runk, Director, Professor & Weigl Fellow of Environment and Sustainability Studies, has published “Looking through the lens of social science approaches: A scoping review of leishmaniases and Chagas disease research” in Science Direct – Acta Tropica
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The ENV Program had multiple students selected to present their research at URECA Day! Luis M. Bou – “Bioregionalism as an alternative way to organize society from the bottom up: A case study in Casa Pueblo” (Mentor: Julie Velásquez Runk) Andrew Calfa – “Soil temperature […]
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Dr. Julie Velásquez Runk and illustrator Frankie Green talk about how they wove and polished the illustrated storybook An Adventure of Wounaan Children and Many Birds with the biocultural team of the Wounaan National Congress and the Foundation for the Development of Wounaan People. Wounaan are an […]
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Dr. Julie Velásquez Runk is an invited panelist at the Sustainability Research and Innovation (SRI) conference in Panama in June. Whilst in Panama, in addition to this conference, Dr Velásquez Runk has spent time researching with the Wounaan National Congress, was an invited participant in […]
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The Environment and Sustainability Studies Program and CEES have awarded fellowships to students to support summer research work. Congratulations to Luis Bou, Ella Gay, Ella Klein, Matt Kline, Alex Miller, Hunter Szewczyk and Valeria Torres.
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Program Director, Dr. Julie Velasquez Runk and Environment and Sustainability Studies Majors, Meredith Power (’23) and Isabella Gerace (’25) won campus sustainability awards from the Office of Sustainability. Student Leadership Awards were presented to Meredith Power and Isabella Gerace and the Academic Leadership Award was […]
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Look below for possible Environmental courses for this upcoming Fall 2023 semester!
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