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The Bay Game: A simulation of the Chesapeake's health
Courtney Wickel | April 29, 2011

Students in William & Mary’s Watershed Dynamics class convened in the basement of Tyler and assumed the virtual roles of stakeholders —land developers, farmers, watermen, and local regulators—to simulate the challenges inherent in Chesapeake Bay management.

 
Therkelsen Takes up Environmental Postdoc
Staff | November 10, 2010

In 2010 Jes Therkelsen begins a two-year residency on campus, teaching and experimenting with how scientists can use visual communication to better publicize their work.

 
Matching Grant for Environmental Program
Arts & Sciences | February 9, 2010

Our most recent grant supporting the Environmental Science program comes with a matching requirement. We're seeking $1.6 million in private funding earmarked for the new postdoctoral program.

 
In praise of post-docs
Erin Zagursky for Ideation Magazine | January 19, 2010

William & Mary's interdisciplinary environmental program is expanding, thanks to a new post-doctoral fellowship program.

 
It's Better to Be There
Ideation magazine staff | November 11, 2009

From its base in the power center of Washington, D.C., the Global Environmental Governance Project engages the tough problems surrounding international environmental institutions and laws.

 
ChAP: Biofuel from aquatic algae
Joseph McClain for Ideation magazine | September 1, 2009

A number of researchers converge on a way to take algae and make it into fuel on an industrial scale.

 
Erin Morgan Experiences the Beauty, Fragility of Antarctica
Erin Morgan | July 31, 2008

My passion for the marine environment and its conservation was central to my decision to pursue a degree in Biology and Environmental Science at William and Mary.

 
Solving the Runoff and Development Mystery
Environmental Science and Policy | July 31, 2008

An occasional leech comes with the territory when you're studying leaching and other aspects of stormwater retention, as does the occasional incident of equipment tampering.

 
Sustainability and Agriculture: It's Not Your Ordinary College Seminar
Gabriel Kauper '05 | July 31, 2008

My name is D. Gabriel Kauper. In 2003, I co-founded the W&M Farmers and Gardeners Club for the purpose of forming a community of botany, nature and food enthusiasts to work regularly at local farms and pool our interests for other projects.

 
Testing the Waters in College Creek
Randy Chambers | July 31, 2008

Water runs under the bridge at Crim Dell, then where does it go? And what's in that water, anyway?

 
The World Is My Laboratory
Maria Ivanova | July 31, 2008

Political borders always struck me as artificial divisions given the interconnectedness of our global environment.

 
Quicksilver
Mikaela Howie and Dan Cristol | July 31, 2008

From 1929-1950 liquid mercury leaked into the South River as it meandered through an industrial section of Waynesboro, near Charlottesville, Virginia.

 
Emily Thompson '06 Began Lifelong Passion with ENSP 101
Emily Thompson '06 | July 31, 2008

I've often heard the statistics about the large percentage of college graduates whose careers are unrelated to their undergraduate majors.

 
Little Kenya, Big World: A Journey Through the Small and Big Environmental Institutions
David Gordon ('09) and Jennifer Roy ('08). This experience was made possible through the support of the Reves Center, the Charles Center, and the Monroe Scholars fund. | July 21, 2008

You know you have reached Tumo Tumo, a small agricultural town in the foothills of Mt. Kenya, when the crude paved road turns into a sticky clay path and the van driving you to your destination slows to a crawl in an attempt not to veer off the steep winding road to the valley below.

 
Summer Research Program in Washington, D.C.
Environmental Science and Policy Department | July 14, 2008

During the summer of 2008, a team of four William and Mary students explored U.S. Environmental Leadership.

 
Andrew Fisher
Professor Fisher's Focus Is Environmental History and Use of Public Lands
Andrew Fisher | July 14, 2008

As an Oregonian whose research focuses on the American West and modern American Indian history, I never imagined I would end up teaching in Tidewater, Virginia.

 
Environmental Research at W&M Awarded $1.5 million from Mellon Foundation
Joe McClain | January 11, 2008

The grant, to the Environmental Science and Policy Program, funds two innovative programs and comes with a matching requirement.

 
An Alumna Gives Back
Jamie K. Reaser, Ph.D. '90. | May 1, 2006

My motivation to attend William & Mary can be summed up in an image: a short, balding man with a dry sense of humor and a passion for all things feathered - Dr. Mitchell Byrd. His mentorship became one of the many benefits garnered in my four years at W&M.

 
What the Little Birds Tell Us
Joe McClain; image by Cindy Baker | September 1, 2005

Nothing is as charismatic as a bluebird, that nearly universal symbol of happiness and well being.