Environmental Sciences and Policy alum Katie Guetz was recently awarded the Ecological Society of America’s Early Career Publication Award in the Restoration category. Katie’s paper, entitled “Prioritizing dams for removal to advance restoration and conservation efforts in the western United States” was published last year in Restoration Ecology, along with her MS advisor Dr. Denielle Perry of the Free-flowing Rivers Lab and two other SES faculty, Dr. Taylor Joyal and Dr. Brett Dickson. You can read it
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Special seminar coming up Oct 10: “Wings of Change” with Lauren Pharr – climate change, woodpeckers and science communication
Please join us for a special seminar by Lauren Pharr, avian ecologist and award winning science communicator. Lauren will be giving her talk, “Wings of Change”, on Monday October 10th at 4PM in Geology Room 103. Her talk will focus on her experience researching the effects of climate change on birds and as a science communicator
Lauren Pharr, PhD student
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NAU’s environmental science and climate degrees in the top 20 “Degrees of the Future”
Our Environmental Science and Climate Change degrees are ranked in the top 20 nationally in GIZMODO’s “Degrees of the Future 2022.”
Check out our Undergraduate degrees in Environmental Sciences (you can choose a Climate Science emphasis!), or our Graduate degrees in Climate Science and Solutions, Environmental Sciences and Policy, or Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability.
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Springs as sentinels of climate change
SES Geology Masters students Sarah Zurkee and Katelyn LaPine are using springs as indicators of climate change and sustainability. Read about their research at the AZ Mirror, or follow them and their advisor Dr. Abe Springer out to the field in this Cronkite News video!
SES Student and Faculty Awards for the 2021-2022 Academic Year
Undergraduate Student Awards
Congratulations to Environmental Sciences (ENV) student Joshua Rihs, selected as the School of Earth and Sustainability’s Outstanding Senior, and Environmental and Sustainability Studies (ESS) grad Natalie Pierson for a Gold Axe Award!
Our undergrads are very active with Green NAU and campus sustainability, and several were recognized with Sustainability Leadership Awards from the NAU… Read more
SES PhD student Valeria Cortés Rivas wins the Montgomery Prize
At the School of Earth and Sustainability’s Annual Graduate Research Symposium on April 23, PhD student Valeria Cortés Rivas took home the grand prize for effective communication about excellent earth science! Valeria uses seismic data to understand what happens when two plates of the Earth’s crust interact… Read more