News From the Environmental Studies and Science Department

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.

Find out what happened when a juvenile Red-Tailed Hawk was brought to Pace’s Nature Center Manager, Jacob Reiter, with a broken leg.

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.

Pace Environmental Studies and Science students Samantha Cronk ’25 and Lucas Andujar ’24 presented posters on their independent research with faculty mentor Michael Rubbo, PhD, at the 2024 Northeast Natural History Conference.

Pace’s Community Impact Funded Internships are up! Apply now.

Assistant Professor S. Perl Egendorf, PhD, was named a grant awardee for the 2023 Women in Science Incentive Prize from The Story Exchange for their contribution to developing New York City’s Clean Soil Bank and their next project focused on building a mobile soil lab.

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed a historic bill banning wildlife killing contests, thanks in part to the relentless efforts of Pace University’s Animal Advocacy Clinic.

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.

Environmental Studies student Talulah Barni ‘24, shares her experience interning with the Prospect Park Alliance and New York City Parks Department.

Dr. Anne Toomey was the featured guest on an episode titled “From Persuasion to Connection: Better Communication of Environmental Science.”

Environmental Studies student Gabrielle Robb ’23 shares her experience interning with the New York Restoration Project.

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.

In this blog post, Dr. Anne Toomey shares four ways researchers can engage with findings from the social sciences to better communicate their work.

In a paper published in the Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, Dr. Finewood and colleagues take an equity planning approach to assess barriers to accessing green stormwater infrastructure incentive programs.

This new paper describes a collaborative research project between Pace University faculty and students, and staff at the New York Restoration Project to understand social uses and values associated with a public park on the Harlem River.

Taught by Dr. Michael Rubbo, ENV 498 is a Research Practicum course that has been assisting multiple communities’ conservation efforts.

Taylor Ganis ’23 recently published an article in Illuminem about her view on COP27.

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.”

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.”

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.

Maddy Garcia ’23 was recently interviewed by Dyson College about her experiences in our environmental science program.

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.”