Graduate Students

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.

ENVS PhD Candidate, Sebastian Dueñas Ocampo , has been selected by the ENVS Graduate Committee to receive the Excellence in Research Award 2023. The committee highlighted his past accomplishments as a scholar, his range of interdisciplinary expertise, and his commitment to engaged and relevant scholarship. Congratulations!

ENVS is excited to announce that PhD candidate, Denise Fernandes , has been awarded the Spring 2023 GPTI Teaching Recognition Award! Denise has taught in the writing and rhetoric program for almost the entirety of her tenure at CU Boulder ENVS. Last academic year, in tandem with Assistant Professor, Karen...

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...

We are so proud to announce that ENVS Assistant Professor, Cassandra Brooks, has been named one of the 2023 recipients of the Boulder Faculty Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service. A huge congratulations to Dr. Brooks for a well-deserved recognition! Check out the full list of recipients here.

Wolves were an instrumental part of North American habitats long before their populations were wiped out throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Now, Colorado is among other states re-introducing wolves to re-wild the West and restore this keystone species. ENVS Professor Joanna Lambert, was featured on CBS Saturday Morning to...

Researchers at CU Boulder in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Environmental Science along with other co-authors published in last month's volume of the journal Advanced Science. The an article discussed their recent work on creating a biodegradable soil sensor. The lead author, was Dr. Madhur Atreya, a...

Greening cities has many environmental and social benefits, but it may also price out lower income individuals and bolster gentrification. Last month, two ENVS PhD graduates, Ashby Lavelle Sachs and Angela Boag, along with co-author, Austin Troy, published a study in the Journal of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening investigating...