Director's Message: Center Scholars |
Last year, 87 WashU researchers from seven different schools at the university joined the center as Center Scholars. This program is our affiliation for faculty and staff scholars to help promote and support transdisciplinary environmental work across the university.
When talking about the scholars program, I describe this affiliation as "light benefits that come with light expectations," which is true. However, this undersells the potential for transformative impact that this engaged, organized community of scholars can have in our university, community, and world.
I am grateful for everyone who has helped build this community so far. If you are interested and eligible to join us as a Center Scholar in this effort, I hope that you will.
With gratitude,
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Dan Giammar
Director, Center for the Environment
Walter E. Browne Professor of Environmental Engineering
Assistant Vice Provost
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This program is open to WashU:
-Tenured and tenure-track faculty
-Research faculty
-Full-time teaching faculty
-Professors of practice
-Permanent research staff
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| Applicants should be engaged in research or teaching related to the Center's focal areas:
-Biodiversity
-Environmental justice
-Environmental solutions
-Planetary health
-Earth systems and climate change
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This month, Center partners hosted focal events that brougth together researchers and professionals from across the region and globe to share knowledge and develop solutions to environmental challenges.
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Water Innovation Symposium | Sept. 9 |
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The WashU Water Innovation Symposium organized by the Center for Water Innovation (CWI) connected students and professionals across academia and industry to share novel water research. This event featured distinguished speakers, a panel from CWI's industry partners. During the symposium, WashU graduate students competed to give Flash Talks in which they presented short, high-impact overviews of their research.
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National Taiwan University - Center for Water Innovation Symposium | Sept. 10 |
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The Center for Water Innovation also hosted a joint environmental research symposium with faculty members from National Taiwan University. This gathering brought together WashU and NTU faculty and graduate students to explore critical needs in environmental research. The event was sponsored by the Center for the Environment and by the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.
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Making Saint Louis the Nature City of the 21st Century | Sept. 13 |
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Photo credit:
Sean Garcia | Washington University, St. Louis | Missouri Botanical Garden (top left, right)
Nathan Kwarta | Missouri Botanical Garden | Washington University, St. Louis (bottom left)
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The Living Earth Collaborative brought together individuals from universities, government agencies, and nonprofits to answer the question: How to make St. Louis the Nature City of the 21st Century? This one-day symposium featured speakers from the Missouri Botanical Garden, the St. Louis Zoo, and WashU as well as local governments and nonprofits. The speakers offered unique perspectives related to biodiversity, urban planning, extreme weather adaptation, and more. The event helped build on years of work through a series of working groups, focused on addressing regional biodiversity challenges.
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Global objectives for planetary health:
Bridging public health and the environment |
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Lora Iannotti, the center's director for planetary health and environmental justice, partnered with scholars in the Consortium of Universities for Global Health to develop learning objectives within the field of planetary health. These objectives combine themes from both public health and environmental health disciplines. The aim of these learning objectives is to provide a foundation for teaching, curriculum design, and program development to advance knowledge of these complex and interconnected topics. Read more in the Lancet Planetary Health Journal.
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Greg Lowry: Nanomaterials and sustainable agriculture
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Greg Lowry, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, will be the first Center for the Environment Distinguished Speaker of the 2024-2025 academic year. He will give his presentation from 11 a.m. to noon on Friday, Oct. 25. Lowry specializes in nanomaterials and robotics in sustainable agriculture, testing and remediation of chemical pollutants and environmental issues linked to fossil fuel. His visit is co-hosted with the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering.
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Fall Danforth Campus Foraging Tour
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Explore the edible plants with a walking tour on the Danforth campus from noon to 1 p.m. next Tuesday, Oct. 1. The tour will be led by Froggi VanRiper — a scholar of the edible plants and fungi of Missouri and Southern Illinois. Learn more and sign up.
This tour is cohosted by the Office of Sustainability, the Environmental Studies Program, and the center.
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2025 Midwest Climate Summit |
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Save the date for the 2025 Midwest Climate Summit April 30 - May 2 in Madison, Wisconsin. Hosted by the Midwest Climate Collaborative, the summit provides opportunities to engage with peers and professionals working in a wide variety of climate-related fields.
There are reduced rates for students. If you are interested in attending, talk with your advisor, the Office of Sustainability, or your department to inquire about potential funding. The MCC will organize transportation from WashU to Madison.
Workshop proposals are currently open. Learn more and submit a proposal by October 25.
Sign up for the MCC's email list for updates, and email midwestclimatecollaborative@wustl.edu with any additional questions.
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St. Louis churches are leading an air quality revolution
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Driven by a the law school's regional environmental racism report, area churches partner to study air pollution, read more.
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| Climate change is super-charging St. Louis wildflowers
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Living Earth Collaborative supported study found that local flowers bloom several weeks longer than in past decades, learn more.
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Manoranjan Sahu PhD' 11 receives McDonnell Academy 2024 Wrighton Award
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WashU alumnus recognized for leading air-quality research, learn more.
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| Lúcia Lohmann announced as next
Missouri Botanical Garden president |
International botanist and conservationist, to lead garden, join WashU faculty read more.
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Could our plastic soon be made by this purple bacteria?
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WashU biologists explore new methods for bacteria-generated biodegradable plastics, read more.
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| WashU researchers studying urban heat islands and their impacts on public health |
Midwest Climate Collaborative, Tyson Research Center leaders discuss long-term strategies to cool communities, read more.
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Upcoming WashU environmental events |
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