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Notes from Dept. Head 📝
Friend,
The Department of Environmental Science (ENVS) has partnered with faculty colleagues at the Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University (NWAFU) in Yangling, China to create a new UArizona Global Microcampus program. The ENVS Microcampus enables NWAFU students to obtain B.S. degrees in Environmental Science that are conferred by both NWAFU and the University of Arizona. New ENVS faculty are currently being hired to teach many of the same signature courses that our UArizona-based students take here in Tucson, and we will soon have six full-time ENVS faculty on-site in Yangling .
In this first year of the program, we are pleased to already have 86 students on board. By year four, we anticipate around 400 ENVS majors in our NWAFU-based program. We will be welcoming some of these students who choose to visit the University of Arizona for a semester or more during their studies. The partnership represents an exciting new activity for our ENVS team, and it brings unique opportunities for teaching and research collaborations with an awesome team of environmental scientists in China. We’ll keep you posted on this program as it develops.
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Video: Scientific Storytelling🌍
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Click to watch the 6 minute video about deadly algae in an small man-made Arizona wetland.
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Click to watch the 8 minute video about the in-between worlds of art, science, and loving yourself.
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ENVS X Landmark Stories We tell stories to engage and relate. Our partnership with Landmark Stories is one example of how ENVS scientists communicate broadly science-related experiences. This month we highlight Dr. Jean McLain and Jesus Solis-Leon (MS '19), both involved in our People Behind the Science series established in 2019.
At ENVS, we strive to find solutions to diverse environmental challenges. Many times, this means talking about science in novel ways. We hope you enjoy the videos.
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SAVE-THE-DATEMark your calendars! Our ENViSion 2021 Committee (Shelby Hoglund, Alma Anides Morales, Matt Bigler) are hard at work planning this virtual event March 31 - April 2, 2021, which will including presentations and roundtable discussions.
Keep an eye on your email and check out the website for the latest information.
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Upcoming Colloquium- March 8: Bending the Arc Towards Environmental Justice: The Need to DeColonize Science to Improve Environmental Health in Communities Impacted by Environmental Racism and Injustice, Sacoby Wilson, PhD, University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Health
- March 22: Assessing and Enhancing Soil Health to Mitigate Dust, Rehabilitate Rangelands, and Sustain Croplands (Joey Blankinship, PhD, UArizona)
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News Clips & Publications 📰
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Click to read in UArizona News
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Student-Produced Documentary Chronicles UArizona Success Taming COVID-19 Through Wastewater
Dr. Ian Pepper and researchers are front and center in this documentary about the university's efforts to track campus spread of SARS-CoV-2 by testing wastewater from student dormitories.
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Click to read in NASA News
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NASA Highlights Nikki Tulley for U.N.'s International Day of Women & Girls in Science
Nikki Tulley (doctoral student) is part of NASA's commemoration of the U.N. International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Tulley built a cloud-based web application in partnership with the Navajo Nation Drought Project.
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Click to read in UArizona Environment
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ENVS & AIR Resilience Grant Recipients
Arizona Institutes for Resilience awarded Resilience Grants to 13 teams representing 14 UArizona departments and units. Dr. Joey Blankinship briefly talks about his project that takes a systems approach to dust mitigation. See all ENVS awardees.
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Richelle Thomas Traces the Legacy of Uranium on Commercially Available Medicinal Plants
In a new project, Richelle Thomas (doctoral student) is studying the effects of arsenic and uranium on traditional medicinal plants and the impacts on human organs.
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NIAMRRE Welcomes Inaugural Leadership Council
Dr. Jean McLain is appointed to serve a four-year term on the National Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education (NIAMRRE) Leadership Council.
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Snapshots 📸Highlights from social media!
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