ENVS PhD students, Natalie Bennett and Emma Galofre Garcia, were named the 2023 recipients of the Radford Byerly, Jr. Award in Science and Technology Policy. The award now supports CU Boulder graduate students with a demonstrated commitment to making a significant contribution to science and technology policy. Read more about the award and past recipients here. 

(Award winners pictured to the right. Natalie Bennett on the left, and Emma Galofre Garcia on the right)

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We are so proud to share that professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Studies, Max Boykoff, was selected for the CU system's Excellence in Leadership Program (ELP) this year. Read the full story about 2022 Program here. 

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Rayna Benzeev, an ENVS PhD candidate, has recently been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (SPRF). She will be working alongside Dr. Meg Mills-Novoa at University of California Berkeley through her postdoc fellowship. Her project will integrate geospatial mapping and statistical sciences with political ecology and the social sciences to study the spatial distribution and drivers of short-term versus long-term forest restoration in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. To examine the long-term outcomes of forest restoration efforts across biome, community, and property scales, Rayna will determine the exact spatial locations of forest restoration that are most important to understand for decision-making and the political-economic and social drivers of forest restoration in these locations. Congratulations on your award!

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ENVS Associate Professor, Peter Newton, and ENVS Associate Research Professor, Colleen Scanlan Lyons, were recently awarded funding from the National Science Foundation's program on Recovery, Renewal, and Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World. Together with researchers from the UK and Brazil, this trans-Atlantic partnership will study the various ways in which forest-dependent people in the Brazilian Amazon may be able to engage as citizens and exercise their rights to influence institutions and political processes in ways that increase their own resilience and reduce their vulnerability to COVID-19 and to other threats (e.g., future epidemics, or river flooding). The research project will begin in May 2022 and will run for three years.

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ENVS is extremely proud to announce that graduating seniors Michelle Leung and Jack Barker have been awarded Jacob Van Ek Scholarships! The award recognizes students who excel in academics and contribute greatly to the CU Boulder community. Click here to read more about the award and present and past winners. Congratulations, Ms. Leung and Mr. Barker!

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ENVS PhD Candidate, Denise Fernandes, and PhD Student Hilary Brumberg were named the 2022 recipients of the Radford Byerly, Jr. Award in Science and Technology Policy. The award now supports CU Boulder graduate students with a demonstrated commitment to making a significant contribution to science and technology policy. Read more about the award and past recipients here. 

(Award winners pictured to the right. Denise Fernandes on the left, and Hilary Brumberg on the right)

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Lee Frankel-Goldwater, Laura Rea, and Tyler Nuckols were awarded the 2022 Beverly Sears and Cynthia H. Schultz Graduate Student Research Grants. These awards are sponsored by the Graduate School to support the research, scholarship, and creative work of graduate students from all departments. Read more about the grant program.

Congratulations to these students on their successful applications to these competitive awards!

Tyler Nuckols received the Paula C. Moore award which will go to support their work with human-elephant conflict impacted agricultural communities to understand the drivers of this challenge and work on collaborative solutions.

(Awardees pictured to the right, in order: left, Laura Rea; Middle, Lee Frankel-Goldwater; right, Tyler Nuckols.)

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CU Boulder undergrad Sravya Dhanwada has been awarded the Student Leaders in Public Health Award from the Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center. The goal of the Student Leaders in Public Health program is to enhance the public health workforce in the Rocky Mountain region, specifically in rural and underserved communities and populations, by supporting students conducting applied health projects and providing opportunities for mentoring and professional development. 

Sravya is studying biochemistry and public health.The project that gained her the accolade is focused on better understanding the role of Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) on health outcomes among unhoused individuals in the Denver metro area, focusing on groups overrepresented based on race, ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation. GBI can shorten the path to stable housing, reduce income volatility, provide more opportunities for stable employment and improve the health of individuals experiencing homelessness. Sravya will be investigating how GBI impacts the health of individuals experiencing homelessness in Denver through the Denver Basic Income Project. 

To complete the project, Sravya will be working with Marissa Westbrook at the Center for Housing and Homelessness Research (CHHR) at the University of Denver, and Dr. Jill Litt, a professor in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Come see one of our very own - PhD Candidate Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey - give a talk in the 3MT (3-minute thesis) FINALE competition, February 16, 4:00-6:00 pm. He'll be discussing some of his dissertation work about how migration influences Bangladeshi farmers.

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