Accidental Urban Oases

Assistant Professor Monica Palta, PhD, and her colleagues’ accidental wetlands research was featured in a PNAS news article, which provides a thorough and interesting overview of the ecosystem services and disservices facilitated by urban vacant land.

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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.

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