ESPP Associate Director Millenbah Wins Award
03/27/2006
Associate Director Kelly Millenbah has been awarded the 2006 Outstanding Faculty Woman Award, presented by the Faculty-Professional Women's Association (FPWA). The FPWA is an organization on campus that promotes awareness of MSU women and workplace equality and recognizes achievements of MSU women faculty and staff. Dr. Millenbah will be presented with her award at an awards banquet in April.
ESPP is pleased to announce the 2006 Doctoral Recruiting Fellows
03/10/2006
The goal of these fellowships is to attract the strongest possible cohort of students to pursue doctoral education focused on the environment.
- Victoria Campbell-Arvai (CARRS)
- Angela Hackel (SOC)
- Jason Karl (FW)
- Mamta Vardhan (CARRS)
Since its inception, ESPP Recruiting Fellowships have provided financial assistance to students in the following departments: Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies, Economics, Fisheries and Wildlife, Geography, Philosophy, Sociology and Zoology.
Learn more about the ESPP Doctoral Specialization
Research sheds new light on health dangers of nanoparticles
Michigan Radio
02/24/2006
The nose, usually the first line of defense against inhaled airborne particles that could damage the lungs, may itself be susceptible to the dangers of extremely small particles, called nanoparticles, which are less than 100 nanometers in size. One nanometer is one-billionth of a meter...
Student's study abroad experience an amazing adventure
MSU Today
02/24/2006
Emily Young, an MSU student, writes about her experience in MSU’s Environmental Studies Study Abroad Program in Costa Rica...
ESPP Director Interviewed on Risk Research
Michigan Radio
02/23/2006
ESPP Director Thomas Dietz was interviewed on Michigan Public Radio about how to make comparisons about risks. Dietz helped organize a session at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meetings in St. Louis on climate change and terrorism to examine what can be learned from comparing societal responses to these two very different kinds of risk. The interview can be heard at: http://www.michiganradio.org/ram/20060223DIETZ.ram (requires Real Player)
Dietz, Ed McGarrell of the School of Criminal Justice and Anthony Wojcik of Computer Science are developing an initiative with the support of Vice President Gray to develop work on comparative risk at MSU.
Rural Lands Provide Ecosystem Services
Earth & Sky
02/21/2006
When you look at a farm or a ranch, you might think to yourself, that's where corn or dairy products come from. But Scott Swinton - agricultural economist from Michigan State University - sees more. He knows that agricultural lands filter air and water - store greenhouse gases - and provide habitat for wild plants and animals.
ESPP active at AAAS
02/13/2006
ESPP faculty and students have organized three sessions at this year's AAAS meeting and are presenting 7 papers or posters. View MSU's Mini-Program
Plants become green Mr. Clean to combat toxic messes
02/13/2006
The next big way to clean up toxic sites may be coaxing plants to become janitors, a Michigan State University scientist says. Clayton Rugh, an assistant professor of crop and soil sciences, explains that phytoremediation – using plants to remove contaminants from the soil – is evolving.
