Faculty News

Earlier this month, Dr. Zia Mehrabi and team published an excellent paper in 'Nature Ecology & Evolution'. Intensive agriculture with high reliance on pesticides and fertilizers constitutes a major strategy for ‘feeding the world’. However, such conventional intensifcation is linked to diminishing returns and can result in ‘intensification traps’—production declines...

Join us in welcome Dr. Naomi Oreskes as this year's Patricia Sheffels Visiting Scholar! We are thrilled to hear from Dr. Oreskes on her talk, Epistemic Privilege and the Gender of Climate Change Denial. About Naomi: Naomi Oreskes is Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated...

The Department of Environmental Studies (ENVS) at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) is seeking lecturers to teach the following three undergraduate courses in the Spring 2024 semester (January 16 – May 8, 2024). The three courses are listed below, together with the class meeting patterns (days and times)...

We’re proud to share that the work of ENVS Professor Matthew Burgess and his research group has been cited by USA Today, Newsweek, and the Daily Caller. Read about our ENVS peers’ research about climate change politics. Daily Caller: " The GOP Can Win By Embracing Climate Solutions, Rejecting Climate...

We would love your feedback about who you would like to hear speak at our 2024 ENVS Commencement. Take a moment and fill out the following survey with as many suggestions as you have and we'll see what we can do! https://forms.gle/J4bee94MrYMsqMj58

The Department of Environmental Studies (ENVS) at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) is seeking one or more lecturers to teach three undergraduate courses in the Fall 2023 semester (August 28 – December 20, 2023). The three courses are listed below, together with the class meeting patterns (days and...

On Friday, May 12th, ENVS marked the end of the 2022-2023 academic year by celebrating graduates of the BA, MSc, and PhD ENVS program, and MS in the MENV program with a commencement ceremony where Angela Y. Davis addressed the crowd. Read more here about the proflific speaker.

Assistant Professor, Karen Bailey, was named the Green Faculty member of the 2023 Campus Sustainability Awards. The CU Boulder Campus Sustainability Awards, facilitated by the Environmental Center, have been presented since 1977, highlighting outstanding sustainable actions. Read more here about the other awardees, and the awards ceremony.

ENVS Chair, Max Boykoff, was interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered yesterday on the strategies and narratives of the new film 'Extrapolations' on Apple TV Plus. Listen here for the full interview, which highlights that more climate change stories are needed in pop culture to narrate and educate people on...

Very excited and proud to announce that Assistant Professor Karen Bailey was named as an Early Career Fellow to the Ecological Society of America for 2023-2027, for advancing the science of ecology and showing promise for continuing contributions. Dr. Bailey's research focuses on the intersection of social justice, conservation, and...