Environmental News Bits

JULY 27, 2022

That means spending around 2,500 hours in the classroom throughout their undergraduate career. However, research has shown that despite all that effort, most college science courses give students … Continue reading Improving science literacy means changing science education.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

In collaboration with the Graduate College’s Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP), the Prairie Research Institute is offering hands-on summer internships that will enable undergraduate students from populations underrepresented in graduate study at Illinois to explore careers in applied science.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

MEMS was founded in 2019 to promote diversity within the College of Earth and Mineral Science by Bryttani Wooten, then an undergraduate student in meteorology and atmospheric science. Now I’m using that experience to try to make MEMS even better for the people to come.” Since then, the club has continued to grow. “But

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2023

Anne has participated in several undergraduate research projects, including an investigation of eastern box turtle thermal ecology and population monitoring. His aims for the future include performing ecological research and sharing his knowledge with the next generation of conservationists as a professor.

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Inside Climate News

AUGUST 13, 2022

That’s what inspired undergraduates at Rice University in Houston to propose a research project to survey coaches and other athletic t. A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, books, cultural events and other developments from the global warming frontier.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In collaboration with the Graduate College’s Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP), PRI is offering hands-on summer internships that will enable undergraduate students from populations underrepresented in graduate study at Illinois to explore careers in applied science. undergraduate institution.

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JUNE 18, 2021

Romain Ranciere took over as Chair in Summer 2019 and he has done an outstanding job building up the department's research, teaching and outreach activity. Hopkins was excit ed about my ongoing China research. We held f un events for undergraduates a nd funded many PHD students' nascent research. Incentives matter!

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Physics World

MAY 5, 2022

As I sat in the undergraduate labs on level 5 of the Blackett Laboratory at Imperial College London, my task was to make an accurate measurement of the gravitational constant. When I was studying for my physics undergraduate degree at Imperial, I had to find the right academic assistant to help me with my studies.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Student Poster Contest Undergraduate and graduate students from Pennsylvania colleges and universities are also invited to share their cold-water related research and participate in our student poster contest. Monetary prizes will be awarded to the top undergraduate and graduate student posters during the conference the following day.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 25, 2021

My optimism and experiences incline me to the latter view, and during my journey from undergraduate physics and chemistry major to 3rd-year atomic physics PhD student, I have developed several strategies for handling burnout. In the final (senior) year of my undergraduate degree, I won an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

I took my environmental economics lectures, for this undergraduate course that was cross-registered between the IOE and the Economics department, and wrote them up. At USC, I use this book when I teach undergraduate environmental economics. A researcher posits that people gain utility from taking leisure and eating pizza.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Natalie did research in Dr. Trun’s lab at Duquesne where she studied the abundance and role of sulfur reducing bacteria in AMD passive treatment systems. Natalie had presented some of her research at two of the Westminster College and SRWC “Student Symposium on the Environment” events as an undergraduate and graduate student.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

has the potential to be at the forefront of crucial international climate initiatives and as its youth, we want to collaborate with policy makers to ensure a better future for our planet,” said Sarah Wetzel, a Drexel undergraduate student. In 2021 we attended the COP and felt lost.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The Patrick Center for Environmental Research at the Academy of Natural Sciences strives to understand and protect watersheds in this changing world, so in partnership with organizations of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative, water quality monitoring efforts and studies are being conducted in the Delaware River Basin.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 17, 2021

When Dr. Auriel Fournier was an undergraduate ecology student, her mentors would tell her about research opportunities that she should absolutely, no question, take — it’s how they’d advanced in their careers, and it’s how she should advance, too. Read the full story at Culture Study.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The PA Council of Professional Geologists is now accepting entries to their 2022 Undergraduate Student Research Poster Session and Competition. Students pursuing undergraduate degrees in the geosciences at colleges and universities located within Pennsylvania, and contiguous states, are eligible.

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Physics World

MARCH 28, 2022

The report, which is the first “decadal” survey into the field, highlights four key questions that should act as “foci” for researchers. The report also recommends federal agencies support core undergraduate physics education for under-represented and historically excluded groups. William Bialek.

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Physics World

MARCH 16, 2022

Manthiram’s teaching has been recognized with the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award; C Michael Mohr Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award; MIT Chemical Engineering Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award; and MIT Teaching with Digital Technology Award.

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Water Research & Technology

MARCH 9, 2021

The Ismail research lab examines the use of natural systems to improve water quality with a focus on the understanding the interaction of filter feeders with aquatic contaminants. How has your research evolved from your first article to this most recent article? What do you find most challenging about your research?

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Physics World

JULY 28, 2021

This webinar reviews the Augustyn Research Group’s investigation of the mechanistic understanding of water-mediated ion intercalation in transition metal oxides. Her research group was recognized with a 2019 Sloan Fellowship in Chemistry, 2019 DOE Early Career Award, and 2017 NSF CAREER Award.

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Water Research & Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

My research combines concepts of nanoparticle synthesis, experimental kinetics and thermodynamics studies of water environmental remediation, mainly by adsorption and photocatalytic mechanisms. research, so, in my spare time, I used to brainstorm how I could implement it when I became a Principal Investigator. The focus of my Ph.D.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The ecology education world is about to go multidimensional with the help of a $499,700 award from the National Science Foundation to support ESA’s new research coordination network, Transforming Ecology Education to 4D (TEE). by Jessica Johnston, Education Programs Coordinator. Photo courtesy of ESA.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JUNE 21, 2022

I am pleased to announce the awardees of The Environmental Collaboratory’s Inaugural Research Grant, promoting transdisciplinary research innovation through participatory climate and environmental problem solving. All of the projects, briefly described below, will provide unique, experiential learning opportunities for students.

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Physics World

JUNE 8, 2021

First and foremost, I am an academic physicist and with my university job I have the usual teaching, research and admin responsibilities. I have always enjoyed teaching and have lectured to undergraduates at the University of Surrey every year since 1992. These are what have most shaped me over my career. Today, I feel differently.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I have to work harder to maintain a balance between being a more public figure and carrying out research. “So I have to work harder to maintain a balance between being a more public figure and carrying out research, which continues to be my first priority.” Angela Ghez. “Yes!” ” she insists.

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Frontiers

JANUARY 11, 2022

Nadja Cech is a Distinguished Professor in Chemistry at the University of North Carolina , Greensboro, where she and her research group use mass spectrometry metabolomics to identify molecules that could be used to treat infectious disease. Cech has a nearly twenty-year-long career as a researcher and faculty member. Today, Prof.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Grigg is a certified applied animal behaviorist and a staff research associate and lecturer at the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine. My recent research has often focused on these topics, and I share this interest with many talented researchers. For example, Calder et al. found that only 26.8%

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2022

million in funding for six aquatic and watershed-related research projects in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Sea Grant-supported research has the potential to yield solution-based results to assist decision makers, address pressing coastal and watershed issues, and develop or update statewide water quality and coastal management strategies.

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Physics World

JANUARY 28, 2022

The new study follows on from research published by the same team in 2020 , which found that when students make their own decisions about experimental design in inquiry-based lab sessions, male students are more likely to handle equipment while female students spend more time taking notes and in communication roles.

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Physics World

JUNE 9, 2022

The history of modern science is full of talented women whose research achievements have in some way been overlooked. It is important to recognize the huge amount of work done by women in scientific research. Even today, female scientists are less likely to be recognized for their contributions than their male counterparts.

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Physics World

MAY 25, 2021

Saklayen points out that another advantage of Emory was the range of research opportunities for undergraduate students. “I I started doing research on soft condensed matter , the summer of my freshman year of college in Eric Weeks’ lab , and later published my first paper. This helped me get into a top graduate school.”.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

AUGUST 9, 2023

.” As she enters her third year in Drexel’s Ecology, Evolution and Earth Systems PhD program, Griffith has been awarded over $10,000 in grant funding this year alone to further her ornithological research. To conduct her research, Griffith will analyze the ducks’ genetic sequences from DNA extracted from tissue samples. .”

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2022

The Wildlife for Everyone Foundation is now accepting applications for four $750 scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students in Pennsylvania. The Foundation will be awarding scholarships to students involved in natural resource-related outreach, research and monitoring. The deadline to apply is February 11.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The Union of Concerned Scientists’ (UCS) attribution research shows the role that industry has played in the climate crisis and this needs to be a clear part of the decisionmaking and climate accountability at COPs. DM: To start, tell us a little about your doctoral research. at UMass Amherst. at UMass Amherst.

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

He was awarded one half of the 1974 Nobel Prize for Physics for his research in radio astrophysics and his “decisive role in the discovery of pulsars”. Hewish enjoyed listening to music and sailing and during his undergraduate days was a keen rower. The British Nobel-prize-winning astronomer Antony Hewish has died at the age of 97.

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Global Green

APRIL 15, 2021

Every semester, Harvard Undergraduate Consulting on Business and the Environment chooses to take on a pro-bono case, which is decided based on the social impact of the casework and company involved. Written by Harvard students Christine Song & Kelsey Ge.

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Global Green

APRIL 15, 2021

Every semester, Harvard Undergraduate Consulting on Business and the Environment chooses to take on a pro-bono case, which is decided based on the social impact of the casework and company involved. Written by Harvard students Christine Song & Kelsey Ge.

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