Recultivating Indigenous Sovereignty and Stewardship
Friday, March 28th Join community and campus partners for a series of three panels structured to advance Indigenous approaches to land and food systems by fostering collaboration and strengthening relationships among Native seed keepers, tribal organizations, and Indigenous-led initiatives. Panels are open to the public, please register below to attend. Continue to monitor website for […]
Graduate Student Lightning Talk Application
Apply below to present a lightning talk during the 2025 Environmental Research and Creativity Week. Would you like to present your research in a short, 5-minute lightning talk at the Center for the Environment Research Symposium? The WashU Center for the Environment is looking to showcase graduate student researchers whose work addresses any of the […]
Environmental Research & Creativity Week 2025
February 24-28, 2025 Thank you to everyone who made Environmental Research and Creativity Week a success! We are grateful for the community of partners who hosted, cohosted, and promoted this week of events. Over the course of five days and 15 events, the Center partnered with 11 different university teams and showcased the work of […]
NASA’s Europa Clipper prepares for launch
WashU’s McKinnon has been involved with mission to Jupiter’s moon for more than 40 years.
WashU to lead $26 million decarbonization initiative
A collaboration of universities and industry is embarking on a bold plan to transform manufacturing toward zero or negative emissions by converting carbon dioxide ultimately into environmentally friendly chemicals and products.
2024 Summer Undergraduate Researchers
We are proud to introduce the undergraduate students selected to participate in the 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Program! Erika Adjei, Environmental Policy and Environmental Science ’25Project: Tropical Monsoons During the Last Glacial MaximumMentors: Bronwen Konecky and Andrew Flaim, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences Erika Adjei is a rising senior from Dallas, Texas studying Environmental Policy […]
Exploring the humanities at Tyson Research Center
This spring, Anya Yermakova, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, is organizing a pair of performances and a two-day gathering at WashU’s Tyson Research Center. The events build on her scholarship, her creative work and her current seminar, “Topics in Embodied Communication: Listening.”
Masteller wins NSF CAREER award
Claire Masteller, assistant professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, has won a prestigious National Science Foundation award for a study that will look at the erosive power of ocean waves on rocky coastlines.
‘Elegance in simplicity:’ A prototype is born
Students in the McKelvey School of Engineering at WashU designed prototypes for a device that could help environmental engineers monitor the air quality impact of factory farms in Missouri.