Every year it is our honor to choose an ENVS graduating senior who displays significant leadership, presence and service within the ENVS department and Emory community. The Hickcox Award is named in honor of ENVS distinguished Emeritus Professor (and Waffles King), C. Woodbridge Hickcox, or Woody as we know him. Every year it is a… Continue reading 2025 Hickcox Awardee – Benji Jackson, 23Ox, 25C
By Easton Lane 25C From February 4-6, ENVS students Laurel Garcia (25C) and Anisha Johnson (25C) attended the SOWTH 2025 Conference: Connecting the Region for Bolder Collective Impact. Hosted by Georgia Organics at the Georgia World Congress Center, this conference saw the gathering of hundreds of regional farmers to discuss important issues and strategies for… Continue reading Laurel Garcia (25C) and Anisha Johnson (25C) explore grassroots movements and community building at SOWTH 2025
We asked, and she answered, how an interest in humanities and social sciences blossomed into becoming a student research scientist. It's hard to know where to start when profiling a student like Kylie Hanson. A student-athlete on the Emory track team, a double major, a researcher in the Saikawa Lab, and a student with an… Continue reading ENVS rising senior, Kylie Hanson 25C
By Easton Lane 25C Environmental science is all about making a positive impact on your community, city, country, and even on the world. Decatur’s Energy and Sustainability Manager, David Nifong, has lived that experience. Just two years after graduating Emory University with a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences and Community Building and Social Change in… Continue reading David Nifong (17Ox 19C) paves the way for young change-makers as Decatur’s Energy and Sustainability Manager
Ronnie Nitkin is a third-year business administration and environmental sciences double major who hopes to work in business making supply chains for common products more sustainable. Her studies focus on sustainable business practices, food and supply chain sourcing, and environmental institutions. We caught up with Ronnie at the end of her spring break trip to… Continue reading ENVS/BBA Student Veronica “Ronnie” Nitkin: Exploring Sustainable Business in Nicaragua
Sustainability science was conceived in the late 20th century in order to develop and evaluate theories through empirical analysis about the complex and evolving relationship between people and their environment. For millennia humans have modified their environments in order to support life. These modifications have gradually grown in scale, so that humans have now become… Continue reading What is Sustainability Sciences?
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