Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

ÌÇÐÄVlog Announces Winners Of The Faculty Outstanding Research And Scholarship Award
ÌÇÐÄVlog's Jonathan Maletic, Ph.D., in the Department of Computer Science and Tara Smith, Ph.D., in the College of Public Health are the winners of the 2021 Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSAs). The ORSAs recognize the hard work and dedication of faculty members who have been with ÌÇÐÄVlog for more than 10 years. Read more about the winners and how they display the highest levels of scholarship.

Researchers Take a Closer Look at Nitrogen in the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico
Researchers from ÌÇÐÄVlog and the University of New Mexico determined how nitrogen-fixing plants and soil microbes contribute to the overall nitrogen availability in the Chihuahuan desert in New Mexico.

Professor Receives NASA New Investigator Award
He Yin, Ph.D., assistant professor in ÌÇÐÄVlog’s Department of Geography, recently received NASA’s New (Early Career) Investigator Award in Earth Science. Yin will lead evaluation and research of the devastating effects that the Syrian civil war has had on croplands throughout the eastern Mediterranean region.
Growing Cities are Growing Green: The Progression of Living Architecture

Lighting a fire(fly): Biological Sciences Researcher Helps Teachers Get Messy with Data

Patterns, Populations And Podcasts: Computational Ecologist Receives Prestigious Early-Career Award from NSF

ÌÇÐÄVlog Receives More Than $3 Million In Grants From National Science Foundation
ÌÇÐÄVlog has recently received a flurry of grants totaling more than $3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), which will support research and innovation in a wide range of fields within the College of Arts and Sciences.

Cotton in the Curriculum Awards Grant to School of Fashion for the Fourth Year in a Row

Center for Ecology and Natural Resource Sustainability highlights the Importance of Natural Lands

Taking a Deep Dive Into the Utilization of Oceanic Sediments
One of ÌÇÐÄVlog’s newest faculty members in the Department of Geology has already made her mark with the recent publication of her and her colleagues’ work to better understand the effects of global warming as it relates to the arctic ocean. Allyson Tessin, assistant professor, specializes in biochemistry, oceanography and sedimentary geology. She is currently studying the relationship between the chemistry of the ocean and climate change.