Sustainability Award Goes to Recent ESPM Graduate
A recent UC Berkeley graduate has won a sustainability research award from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) for her senior thesis calculating the...
View ArticlePhD Student Esther Conrad Named 2012 Switzer Fellow
PhD student Esther Conrad was among twenty environmental scholars to receive the prestigious Switzer Environmental Fellowship for her work on water resources issues. The fellowship is awarded annually...
View ArticleProfessors Gillespie, Harte, and O’Grady Awarded Large NSF Biodiversity Grant
ESPM professors Rosemary Gillespie, John Harte, and Patrick O’Grady were recently awarded a large grant by the National Science Foundation. The grant is part of a multi-faceted NSF program known as...
View ArticleProfessor Inez Fung appointed by President Obama to the National Science Board
President Obama has announced that he will appoint Professor Inez Fung to the National Science Board, the governing body of the National Science Foundation. Members of this board are also policy...
View ArticleProfessor Garrison Sposito gives the prestigious Langbein Lecture at the AGU...
Professor Garrison Sposito delivered the prestigious Langbein Lecture, the named lecture of the hydrology section of the annual Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The Walter B. Langbein...
View ArticlePhD Student Lauren Hallet wins 2013 Harris Research Instrumentation award
The Grant A. Harris Research Instruments Fellowship provides $5000 worth of Decagon research instruments to students studying any aspect of environmental or geotechnical science. PhD student Lauren...
View ArticleFirst ESPM Distinguished Service Award given to PhD Candidate Brad Balukjian
Brad Balukjian received the Inaugural ESPM Distinguished Service Award during GradFest 2013, Photo courtesy of Katy Seto The ESPM Graduate Student Association honored graduating PhD student Brad...
View ArticleProfessor John Battles receives the 2013 Graduate Student Association’s...
The 2013 ESPM Graduate Student Association’s (GSA) Faculty Mentor Award was given to Professor John Battles for his commitment to mentoring and helping graduate and undergraduate students succeed. In...
View ArticleConservation Resource Management Student Wins Stronach Research Prize
Nathan Bickart shows a group of graduate students how to identify and uproot invasive grass. Conservation and Resource Studies major Nathan Bickart is one of seven graduating seniors selected as...
View ArticleESPM Team Wins First Place at Big Ideas@Berkeley, Improving Student Life...
Team members Karen Adrade (right) and Zack Fischmann (next to Karen) making their pitch for the Science Shop. Big Ideas@Berkeley is an annual innovation contest which aims to provide support, funds,...
View ArticleESPM ranked number one environmental sciences program in QS World...
QS is an online journal that publishes rankings of universities and programs worldwide. Their recent survey ranked ESPM number one for environmental sciences. Go to rankings
View ArticleESPM Faculty Team receives Presidential Chair Fellows Curriculum Enrichment...
A team led by ESPM Faculty has received a Presidential Chair Fellows Curriculum Enrichment Grant. The grant provides the opportunity for faculty to transform core areas of the undergraduate...
View ArticleProfessor Claire Kremen joins the California Academy of Sciences as an...
Environmental science, policy, and management professor, Claire Kremen, along with two other Berkeley professors, join the California Academy of Sciences. To gain this lifelong title, each professor...
View ArticlePhD Student Sara Knox Receives Award from the American Geophysical Union
Congratulations to Sara Knox, who received a 2013 Outstanding Student Paper Award from the American Geophysical Union! The Outstanding Student Paper Awards (OSPAs) promote, recognize and reward...
View ArticleInez Fung Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
ESPM Professor Inez Fung is one of seven UC Berkeley faculty and researchers recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ class of 2014! The new members for 2014, the academy said in...
View ArticleESPM Distinguished Service Award Goes to Guillermo Douglass-Jaimes
At the 2014 Gradfest, the ESPM Graduate Student Association honored PhD student Guillermo Douglass-Jaimes as the second ever recipient of the ESPM Distinguished Service Award. This award officially...
View ArticleProfessor Carolyn Finney receives the 2014 Graduate Student Association’s...
Photo Courtesy of Esther Kim. The 2014 ESPM Graduate Student Association’s (GSA) Faculty Mentor Award was recently given to Professor Carolyn Finney for her commitment to mentoring and helping graduate...
View ArticleProfessor Lynn Huntsinger Recognized for Outstanding Mentorship of GSIs
ESPM is proud to announce that the 2013-2014 Berkeley Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentorship of GSIs went to Professor Lynn Huntsinger! Each spring, graduate students are invited to nominate faculty...
View ArticleESPM Ranks First in Environmental Sciences for 2nd Consecutive Year
Photo by Seira Ashley Adams We are proud to announce that ESPM ranked first in environmental sciences in the 2014 QS World Universities Rankings by subject! The annual QS World University Rankings by...
View ArticleProfessor George Oster Wins Sackler Prize in Biophysics
Congratulations to Professor George Oster, 2014 recipient of the the Sackler Prize in Biophysics! Established through the generosity of Dr. Raymond and Mrs. Beverly Sackler, the award is administered...
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