In the News - Professor Simkins' Group Studies Crucial Thwaites Glacier
The University of Virginia has collaborated on new underwater research that has found something additionally disturbing about the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica – aka the “Doomsday Glacier,” so named because it holds the fate of our coastline in the balance as it acts as a gateway to the larger West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Grad student interviewed on Fox Weather
Ph.D. candidate Spencer Tassone was interviewed live on Fox Weather about his recent publication on the increasing frequency of heatwaves in streams and rivers of the United States (paper link / interview link).
Science News magazine story on grad students' research
Rising Scholar Postdoctoral Fellowship
Rising Scholar Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Environmental Sciences
Getting to know new A&S Dean: Christa Davis Acampora
From INSIDE A&S (Oct. 5, 2022 edition)
Paper awarded "Best Research Article" in Basic and Applied Ecology
A paper by Dr. Klein & Dr. Haynes, Light pollution may create demographic traps for nocturnal insects, was selected as the most-cited research paper in Basic and Applied Ecology!
New paper on riverine heatwaves
Professors Pusede & Lawrence in the Guardian & Mongabay
From Inside Arts & Sciences September 21 2022 Newsletter
MS Student earns prestigious sustainability award
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., in partnership with the Rosalind Franklin Society has launched a prestigious annual award to recognize outstanding published peer-reviewed research by women and underrepresented minorities in science in each of the publisher’s peer-reviewed journals.