Weekly Update (04/07/2025)
ESPP News
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ESPP student Angelique Willis named Yale Environmental Fellow
Angelique Willis, a doctoral student in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, and also an ESPP dual major doctoral student, has been named a 2025 Environmental Fellow by the Yale School of the Environment (YSE).
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ESPP End-of-Year Celebration | 3:30-5:30 PM, April 17, 2025 | Giltner Hall 273
Please join us on Thursday, April 17, 2025, to celebrate the achievements of our ESPP students during the 24-25 academic year, and connect with your peers. Please RSVP by April 14, 2025.
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ESPP Distinguished Lecture Series: Sieg Snapp | 1PM, April 22, 2025 | Giltner Hall 273
Seminars, Workshops, and Other Events
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Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture: Steward T.A. Pickett | 10 AM, April 10, 2025 | Online
Dr. Steward T.A. Pickett at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in New York will deliver a Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture via Zoom at 10:00 am (ET) on Thursday, April 10, 2025. Dr. Pickett is Distinguished Senior Scientist, Emeritus, at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in New York. He is a pioneer in many areas such as urban ecology, social-ecological systems theory, and the study of natural disturbance. His pathbreaking research has greatly influenced practices, ranging from conservation to urban design and planning. He has also made enormous contributions to the scientific community through visionary leadership including service as President of the Ecological Society of America. Dr. Pickett’s outstanding accomplishments have been recognized by many prestigious honors and awards. For example, he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient of the Eminent Ecologist Award of the Ecological Society of America & the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservation. His lecture is titled “Urban Ecology Beyond the City”. Please do a very simple registration to receive the Zoom link for the lecture.
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Allison Pugh is Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. Her book The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World (Princeton 2024) is based on a study of the standardization of work that relies on relationships. She is also the author of The Tumbleweed Society: Working and Caring in an Age of Insecurity (2015), a study of the effects of job precariousness on intimate life, and the editor of Beyond the Cubicle: Job Insecurity, Intimacy and the Flexible Self (2016). Her first book, Longing and Belonging: Parents, Children, and Consumer Culture (2009), won multiple best book awards and was widely reviewed.
Jobs and Training Opportunities
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Assistant Professor - Water Quality and Climate, Michigan State University
The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University (MSU) invites applications for a full‐time, 9-month tenure system Assistant Professor with a 50% research, 30% teaching, 10% extension, and 10% service assignment. The position start date is anticipated to be August 16, 2025. The individual selected for this position will be expected to develop a regionally, nationally, and internationally recognized program centered on water quality and freshwater ecosystems in the context of climate change addressing adaptation, mitigation, management, sustainability, or conservation.