As a Fellow, Schell will assist the Academy in public engagement, education, and collaborative research efforts.
Why some countries are leading the shift to green energy
A study appearing in Science, co-authored by ESPM professor Jonas Meckling, identifies the political factors that allow some countries to take the lead while others lag behind.
Lucy Andrews on using her leadership roles to make a difference
Andrews, an ESPM PhD student and president of UC Berkeley's Graduate Student Assembly, hopes to battle climate change through environmental justice work and research that is interconnected to systems of violence and anti-Blackness.
Making scientific data more discoverable
ESPM professor Carl Boettiger is part of a $3.2 million project focused on standardizing how scientific data is described.
New student organization for Queer graduate students
Rausser College graduate students have formed a new group to foster community for peers that identify as Queer or LGBTQ+
Are ‘bold’ raccoons to blame for your overturned trash?
Research by an ESPM postdoctoral researcher suggests docile raccoons possess a greater ability to learn how to obtain food than their bold counterparts.
Ten UC Berkeley courses revamped to incorporate inclusive and anti-racist approaches
Led by ESPM faculty and graduate students, the collaborative effort focused on actionable changes to course material and structure.
Study finds potentially dangerous levels of arsenic in prison drinking water
ESPM alum Alasdair Cohen was co-author on an analysis of water quality data from California’s Kern Valley State Prison and neighboring rural communities.
Berkeley Forests personnel assessing impacts of Mosquito Fire on Blodgett Forest
Favorable fire behavior and weather are expected to continue to move the fire away from Blodgett Forest.
California Oak Symposium set for Oct. 31–Nov. 3
The four-day event, co-chaired by ESPM Cooperative Extension specialist Bill Tietje, will cover climate change, wildlife ecology, oak restoration, oak pests and diseases, fire ecology, and ranch management and generational transfer.
New study examines drivers of government investment in energy innovation
Analysis led by Professor Jonas Meckling shows new forms of international cooperation and technology competition with China are the main drivers of public investment in clean energy innovation, though it remains insufficient to help meet climate goals.
Mosquito Fire impacting Blodgett Forest Research Station
Fire crews on Sunday contained much of the active fire within the bounds of Blodgett Forest. Check the Berkeley Forests website for additional updates.
Participatory ethnographic film depicts the lives of immigrant, Indigenous, farmworker families
Produced by ESPM Professor Seth Holmes and directed by four Indigenous immigrant cousins, First Time Home will be screened by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources in September.
How to save a forest by burning it
The New York Times recently accompanied Robert York, professor of cooperative extension and co-director of Berkeley Forests, as he guided wildfire researchers from UC Irvine through a prescribed burn at Blodgett Forest.
Wildfire poses greater threat to cannabis than other California crops
A study by ESPM researchers shows that the lucrative commercial crop is at high risk of loss from wildfire to do primarily rural growing areas.
How machine translation could make English-only science accessible to all
ESPM graduate student Emma Steigerwald is helping highlight how translation tools are critical to the multilingual future of science.
ESPM welcomes four new faculty members
Join us in welcoming Professors Kristin Dobbin, Laureano Gherardi, Miranda Redmond, and Kristen Shive to ESPM.
Paolo D’Odorico to be honored by American Meteorological Society
The ESPM professor will be awarded the Society’s highest honor and named a fellow.
Sniffing the delta for greenhouse gases
San Francisco Estuary's summer magazine highlights Professor Dennis Baldocchi's research and the role it plays in the restoration of Dutch Slough in Oakley.
Changing conservation narratives with Jimena Díaz Leiva
Díaz Leiva, PhD '21, spoke to Eos magazine about advancing environmental and social justice projects in California and Peru.