NAU launches a new non-credit certificate program in greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting. The professional certificate is fully online and self-paced! A series of four courses train professionals on the best practices and requirements for quantifying, reporting and analyzing the GHG emissions associated with a company and how to use reported emissions to design effective emission reduction strategies. GHG accounting skills are becoming more critical as companies work to set climate action… Read more
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Join us for a special seminar! Monday, April 3rd at 3PM: “Looking for Marla: At the Intersection of Sex Chromosome Evolution, Culture, and Gender” with Paloma Medina
Please join us for a special seminar discussion with Paloma Medina, Ph.D., a computational biologist and award-winning science communicator. Paloma will be giving their talk, “Looking for Marla: At the Intersection of Sex Chromosome Evolution, Culture, and Gender” on Monday, April 3rd at 3 PM in Geology Rm 223. This talk will follow Paloma’s experience researching and self-publishing Looking for Marla, an illustrated novel that follows the tale of a curious… Read more
Special seminar coming up Oct 10: “Wings of Change” with Lauren Pharr – climate change, woodpeckers and science communication
Please join us for a special seminar by Lauren Pharr, avian ecologist and award winning science communicator. Lauren will be giving her talk, “Wings of Change”, on Monday October 10th at 4PM in Geology Room 103. Her talk will focus on her experience researching the effects of climate change on birds and as a science communicator
Lauren Pharr, PhD student
North Carolina State University
Talk Title: Wings of Change
Monday October 10th at 4pm in… Read more
A very close friend and colleague: In memory of Dr. Paul Umhoefer
Northern Arizona University has lost the cornerstone of its School of Earth and Sustainability, a colleague valued across Flagstaff’s science community and an internationally respected geoscientist, Professor Paul Umhoefer. Paul was our colleague at NAU for 30 years, making an outsized impact in his profession, at NAU, and with his many, many students, associates, and other friends.
After a successful career in the energy industries, Paul moved into an academic career… Read more
Congrats SES students, staff, and faculty for a great year!
School of Earth & Sustainability Awards for the 2020-2021 Academic Year
Sustainable Leadership Awards
Congrats to PhD Student Ellie Broadman and Environmental Sciences & Policy alum Ethan Aumack! Thank you so much for your contributions to sustainability on and off campus!
Staff Awards
Congratulations to Amy Wolkowinsky, who is this year’s Outstanding Graduate Coordinator for all of NAU. Thank you so much for helping our four graduate programs to run smoothly for… Read more
Congrats to our amazing undergrads!
End of the semester is always an amazing time around here, with all the accomplishments of our graduating students on full display. This Spring, Environmental Sciences BS student Yazhmin Dozal is the Distinguished Senior for the College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences (CEFNS), Environmental Sciences BS student Joshua Caputo is one of six NAU President’s Prize winners, and Environmental… Read more