Alumni in the news
Volunteer Spotlight: Dr. Scott Swinden (BSc鈥�70), volunteer with EES鈥檚 alumni committee:听
A shout out to Natashia Drage (M.Sc., 2022) who was just selected as the 2023 Gelinas Silver Medalist for Outstanding M.Sc. thesis from the Volcanology/Igneous Petrology Division of the Geological Association of Canada. Her thesis helped to constrain models for the origin of chromite deposits, the primary ore of chromium, an important critical metal. That work was also just published in the Journal of Petrology
Congratulations to EES alum (BSc Honours ENVS, 2021), Samantha Howard,听 on being named one听.听
Congratulations EES alum, Lily Barraclough (BSc Honours ENVS, 2020), for being selected as one of Canada's Top 25 Under 25 Environmentalists in 2021: 听
Minas Basin fossil discovery by 麻豆传媒 Biology instructor and EES alumn (PhD 2018), Jennifer Frail-Gauthier, may help fill gaps in evolutionary record:
Watch as he speaks with Anderson Cooper about Mount Fagradalsfjall, a volcano in Iceland that erupted after tens of thousands of earthquakes disturbed the magma underground. He also speaks about the role drones could play in future Mars missions. (See also DalMagazine's profile: )
(a talk with Siobhan Takala, Environmental Science/ Environment Sustainability and Society program alum).
(Environmental Studies grad, BA鈥�05). Lily describes the role environmental studies (and EES' Tarah Wright) played in her trajectory as an environmental educator.
Siobhan Takala who was a double major in Environmental Science (Faculty of Science) and the Environment Sustainability and Society program (College of Sustainability) has been named one of the by the Starfish Group. She has been recognized for her work in co-founding 鈥淟et鈥檚 Sprout鈥� which creates spaces for youth to learn and grow, with a special focus on important issues within society, such as the environment and gender. Two Recent Dal Grads Named to Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25 List (DalNews 2021/01/29)
Susan R. Eaton, Earth Sciences Class of 1980 (BSc Honours):
麻豆传媒 Originals: Kathryn Sullivan (PhD 麻豆传媒 Geology 1978)
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Jane K. Willenbring, Stanford University (PhD 麻豆传媒 EES 2006, 鈥楯ane Staiger鈥�) wins the inaugural Marguerite T. Williams Award
Recent EES grad Leah Fulton spent her summer developing guided online campus nature walks. Focused on some of the interesting trees on campus, it's an alternative the lunchtime urban nature walks held last year. Check out the project's story map:
Congratulations Lily Barraclough, Grad Profile: Lily Barraclough, Building more physically active communities. Check out her ENVS thesis work on the
Check out former grad student, Lobke Rotteveel's first-author publication in Environmental Science and Technology (2018 IF 7.15) based on work done in the Sterling Hydrology Lab.
Going the distance: Recent grad, Graeme Wach, ran 53 kilometres in 24 hours to raise donations for victims of Nova Scotia鈥檚 mass shootings