Faculty News

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...

"Digital-twin" models have been integrated into high-stakes decision making in many sectors; aerospace, climate policy. But they have yet to be developed to track food supply chains in efforts to avoid food shortages. ENVS Assistant Professor, Zia Mehrabi , published a World View piece in Nature this week advocating that...

One of the longest running ecological research sites and NSF grants was just renewed at CU Boulder. A team of scientists, including ENVS Professor Dan Doak , conduct research at the Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) center to better understand how alpine ecosystems work. One of the primary...

This week ENVS PhD candidate, Emily Nocito , and Assistant Professor, Cassandra Brooks , presented at the 5th annual International Marine Protected Area Congress ( #IMPAC5 ) in Vancouver, BC. IMPAC is a global forum that brings together scientists, government officials, conservation managers, and many more to inform and act...

ENVS recent PhD graduate, Dr. Urooj Raja and her advisor in ENVS, Professor Amanda Carrico , just published an amazing study in Nature Scientific Reports , linking childhood trauma to civic environmental engagement. The study uses survey data to understand what kind of experiences could predict environmental engagement. The outstanding...

Just a few pictures from the wonderful presentation and conversation by Dr Katherine Wilkinson last week at the Fiske Planetarium. Dr. Wilkinson gave the 2nd annual Patricia Sheffels Visiting Scholar Keynote lecture for ENVS, and an inspiring and thoughtful discussion on how everyone can play a role to fight climate...

CU Boulder was recently selected to be part of the new Heterodox Academy (HxA) Campus Community Network. The mission of each HxA Campus Community is to promote the values of open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement on their campus. ENVS professors, Matthew Burgess and Peter Newton , are two...

Recent ENVS PhD graduate, Rayna Benzeev, and ENVS Professor, Peter Newton , published a landmark study in the journal PNAS Nexus today titled, "Formalizing tenure of Indigenous lands improved forest outcomes in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil." The research, which is part of Dr. Benzeev's doctoral work in ENVS shows...