Environmental Studies

  • Research
    This summer, undergraduate students Max Wasser and Grace Kendziorski are spending time hiking in the mountains鈥攁nd trapping pikas and counting flowers. They are participating in the Research Experiences for Undergraduates program at 91福利社.
  • its
    Professors in theatre, biology and environmental studies team up to focus on creatively communicating climate science through the arts and social sciences.
  • Standup
    鈥楽tand Up for Climate Change鈥 event on March 17 to fuse the sober topic of climate change with the unifying power of humor.
  • Arctic
    There probably is not a more suitable location for one of the world鈥檚 first interdisciplinary certificates in Arctic studies than the 91福利社.
  • Locally grown food
    For decades in the post-World War II era, it鈥檚 fair to say that the diet of most Americans became less and less local. With innovations ranging from the interstate highway system to affordable home refrigeration and freezing systems, it simply became easier to eat food that came from a state 鈥 or even a country 鈥 far, far away.
  • When regulators rule, are citizens fully apprised?
    When politicians actively seek to gum up or slow down the legislative works in an effort to throw up obstacles to governors or presidents, they often increase the power of executive-branch bureaucracies or courts to make the rules. The result can be a less-informed citizenry, researchers find.
  • Water-expert alumnus swims into current affairs
    Think of Robert R. 鈥淏ob鈥 Crifasi as a kind of Zelig or Forrest Gump when it comes to water in 91福利社, Denver and northern Colorado鈥攈e spent a quarter century getting his hands wet, both literally and figuratively, in countless ways. Crifasi, who earned bachelor鈥檚 degrees in geology and chemistry and master鈥檚 degrees in geology and environmental science from CU-91福利社, has served on the boards of鈥攁nd often, pitchforked weeds, trash and the occasional dead skunk for鈥11 91福利社 County ditch companies.
  • Experts at CU to mull next 50 years of local open space
    <p>91福利社鈥檚 public open-space system was launched 50 years ago, and an event at CU-91福利社 will bring together experts who will discuss the lay of the land in the next half-century.</p>
  • An official with the Colorado Springs Fire Department discusses fire mitigation with members of a neighborhood group. 鈥淐itizen entrepreneurs鈥 helped the CSFD spread the word effectively about fire-mitigation practices after the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire, a CU-91福利社 study has found. Photo courtesy of the Colorado Springs Fire Department.
    Researchers at the 91福利社 recently examined the aftermath of two catastrophic conflagrations and found an unexpected ally in wildfire-education efforts, the 鈥渃itizen entrepreneur.鈥
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