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To connect with and engage students, as well as use KU’s resources to the fullest, Shannon O’Lear, professor in the Department of Geography & Atmospheric Science, and Tami Albin, associate librarian, have partnered to teach Environmental Geopolitics. As part of the class, students learn to communicate their research through podcasting and publishing their work as a collection in Pressbooks, an online publishing platform.
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Open Access Podcast
To connect with and engage students, as well as use KU’s resources to the fullest, Shannon O’Lear, professor in the Department of Geography & Atmospheric Science, and Tami Albin, associate librarian, have partnered to teach Environmental Geopolitics.
Grant Misse nominated for Truman Scholarship
Our own Grant Misse was nominated for this prestigious award.
Allison Payne won an undergrad research award.
Alison Payne, senior, Lawrence, economics, environmental studies and mathematics, won an Undergrad Research Award for “Disparities in Environmental Enforcement: Analyzing RCRA Inspections in Minority and Low-Income Communities,” mentored by Dietrich Earnhart, economics.Way to go
KU professor leads students in prescribed burn at Lecompton prairie
About three dozen students and community members gathered Wednesday morning to place Good Fire and spend time in community on the land.
New Immersive Learning Program Will Explore the Culture, Environment, and Diversity of Kansas
LAWRENCE — There is much more to Kansas than meets the eye. The state of Kansas is a fascinating mix of environmental landscapes, rural and urban cultures, energy sources, and business and entrepreneurship, and this summer the University of Kansas Environmental Studies Program is turning the state…
Environmental Studies Senior Receives Undergraduate Research Award for Fall
Hannah Min, a senior from Lawrence, is among nine students to receive an Undergraduate Research Award for her project, “Exploring the Creation of Refugia and Improved Water Quality by Changing North American Freshwater Mussel Bed Densities and Configurations,” mentored by Amy Hansen, Diane M.…
University of Kansas Names Five New Distinguished Professors
LAWRENCE – Five University of Kansas professors have joined elite company by being named distinguished professors.
Take a solstice garden tour with the KU community
Kelly Kindscher, scientist with the Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research, will offer an informal tour of the KU Native Medicinal Plant Garden at this special event.
Environmental Studies Students win awards at online Undergraduate Research Symposium
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Center for Undergraduate Research has announced the winners of its 24th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. The event took place online this year and went live April 24.
Pacific Northwest’s ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people
For decades, First Nations people in British Columbia knew their ancestral homes—villages forcibly emptied in the late 1800s—were great places to forage for traditional foods like hazelnuts, crabapples, cranberries, and hawthorn.