News From the Environmental Studies and Science Department

Environmental Students Receive Provost Awards

Environmental Students Receive Provost Awards

Environmental science students Nadine Zeidan ’25 and Sophie Valle ’26 received a 2024-2025 Provost’s Student-Faculty Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry Award. Environmental Studies student Danielle Shoulders ’25 received a Summer 2024 Provost’s Student-Faculty Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry Award.

Pace Students and Faculty Collaborate to Deliver Environmental Analysis

Pace Students and Faculty Collaborate to Deliver Environmental Analysis

The Fundamentals of Environmental Science II course collaborated with the nonprofit organization Gotham Park in New York City to provide data the organization would use to inform their activities and offerings to the public in the namesake park nestled below the Brooklyn Bridge.

Alumni Spotlight: Olivia Hamelin ’23

Olivia Hamelin ’23, who recently graduated with a degree in Environmental Studies and an Environmental Conservation Certificate, answered a few questions about her job at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Research in the Pocantico River Watershed

Research in the Pocantico River Watershed

Graduate environmental science student, Sam Cronk, was at the Pocantico River this week examining the impact of social trails on the condition of the river.

Growing food, growing food systems: The role of non-profit farms

Growing food, growing food systems: The role of non-profit farms

Environmental Studies and Science Professor E. Melanie DuPuis, PhD, and Master’s in Environmental Science and Policy student Annie Christian ’22 published an article titled “Growing food, growing food systems: The role of non-profit farms” in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.

Read On Waterwire: My Summer of Extreme Weather

Read On Waterwire: My Summer of Extreme Weather

Read on Waterwire: Julia Corrado ’23 describes her time working with the Waterfront Alliance as a climate advocacy and policy fellow. “When I started the fellowship, I was excited simply to work in my field of interest with people whose goals I share. I’m ending my time with the Alliance with a full-time position in the field, pursuing aligned goals.”

Recycling Right with Sustainable Westchester

Recycling Right with Sustainable Westchester

Environmental Studies student Brooklyn Flick ’24 shares her experience interning at Sustainable Westchester. “As I move forward in my college career, I have begun to desire a way to put into practice what I have been learning in my classes. Therefore, when the opportunity to work with a company called “Sustainable Westchester” in their Zero Waste division opened up, I knew it sounded exactly right; or Recycle Right as I was later told.”

Fall 2022 Speaker Series: Environmental Science and Policy

Fall 2022 Speaker Series: Environmental Science and Policy

The Environmental Studies and Science department is hosting a Fall Speaker Series on Environmental Science and Policy. Our kick-off event on September 29 is a virtual webinar by Dr. Susanne Moser about science-practice interaction and communication on climate change resilience.

Tibor T. Polgar 2022 Fellowship Presentations of Findings

Tibor T. Polgar 2022 Fellowship Presentations of Findings

On Thursday, August 18, 2022, The Hudson River Foundation and the National Estuarine Research Reserve hosted the Tibor T. Polgar 2022 Fellowship Presentation of Findings. As a Polgar Fellow, Environmental Studies major Gabrielle Robb ’22 presented her research titled “Investigating the Distribution and Drivers of Invasive Trapa natans in the Hudson River Estuary with a Multi-Scaled Approach.”