Alumni in the news
Volunteer Spotlight: Dr. Scott Swinden (BSc’70), volunteer with EES’s alumni committee: https://alumni.dal.ca/alumni-story/volunteer-spotlight-scott-swinden/
A shout out to Natashia Drage (M.Sc., 2022) who was just selected as the 2023 Gelinas Silver Medalist for Outstanding M.Sc. thesis from the Volcanology/Igneous Petrology Division of the Geological Association of Canada. Her thesis helped to constrain models for the origin of chromite deposits, the primary ore of chromium, an important critical metal. That work was also just published in the Journal of Petrology
Congratulations to EES alum (BSc Honours ENVS, 2021), Samantha Howard, on being named one Starfish Canada's Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25.
Congratulations EES alum, Lily Barraclough (BSc Honours ENVS, 2020), for being selected as one of Canada's Top 25 Under 25 Environmentalists in 2021: https://thestarfish.ca/top-25-under-25-year/2021
Minas Basin fossil discovery by Dalhousie Biology instructor and EES alumn (PhD 2018), Jennifer Frail-Gauthier, may help fill gaps in evolutionary record: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/fossil-discovery-blue-beach-nova-scotia-tetrapod-1.6107531?cmp=rss
Watch Planetary Volcanologist (and EES alum, BSc(Hon)2004) Christopher Hamilton as he speaks with Anderson Cooper about Mount Fagradalsfjall, a volcano in Iceland that erupted after tens of thousands of earthquakes disturbed the magma underground. He also speaks about the role drones could play in future Mars missions. (See also DalMagazine's profile: Volcano Watcher)
How to grow a young climate leader (a talk with Siobhan Takala, Environmental Science/ Environment Sustainability and Society program alum).
Alumni profile of Lily Briggs (Environmental Studies grad, BA’05). Lily describes the role environmental studies (and EES' Tarah Wright) played in her trajectory as an environmental educator.
Siobhan Takala who was a double major in Environmental Science (Faculty of Science) and the Environment Sustainability and Society program (College of Sustainability) has been named one of the Top 25 Environmentalists under 25 for 2020 by the Starfish Group. She has been recognized for her work in co-founding “Let’s Sprout” which creates spaces for youth to learn and grow, with a special focus on important issues within society, such as the environment and gender. Two Recent Dal Grads Named to Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25 List (DalNews 2021/01/29)
Susan R. Eaton, Earth Sciences Class of 1980 (BSc Honours): Epic Explorer
Dalhousie Originals: Kathryn Sullivan (PhD Dalhousie Geology 1978)
From the Ocean to Outer Space: The Adventures of Dr. Kathy Sullivan (Rolling Stone)
Kathy Sullivan: The woman who's made history in sea and space (BBC)
Jane K. Willenbring, Stanford University (PhD Dalhousie EES 2006, ‘Jane Staiger’) wins the inaugural Marguerite T. Williams Award
https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/Section-Awards/Marguerite-Williams-Award
https://eos.org/agu-news/2020-agu-section-awardees-and-named-lecturers
Recent EES grad Leah Fulton spent her summer developing guided online campus nature walks. Focused on some of the interesting trees on campus, it's an alternative the lunchtime urban nature walks held last year. Check out the project's story map:
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/fb76f66443cc493496df89142d01f393
Congratulations Lily Barraclough, 2020 SRES Research Legacy Scholarship Recipient! Grad Profile: Lily Barraclough, Building more physically active communities. Check out her ENVS thesis work on the NSActivScore
Check out former grad student, Lobke Rotteveel's first-author publication in Environmental Science and Technology (2018 IF 7.15) based on work done in the Sterling Hydrology Lab.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.9b04872
Going the distance: Recent grad, Graeme Wach, ran 53 kilometres in 24 hours to raise donations for victims of Nova Scotia’s mass shootings