Rhodes College Environmental Studies and Sciences Program

01/22/2024

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10/28/2023

Súmense, martes 31 6 PM CT (hora centro US)! Español/Inglés, subtítulos en varios idiomas.
Join us, Tuesday 31 6 PM CT! Spanish/English, captions in several languages.

10/03/2023

From our generous colleagues at Wofford College:

Voices of Hurricane María: Connecting Oral History and Science
Dr. Audeliz Matías, SUNY Empire State
Monday, October 16, at 7 pm
Free registration (you’ll receive Teams link after registering): 74e503f4-bac6-483a-9679-b92500dc3468@ddc49e5d-0f07-4043-9ddd-408d78122303" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/74e503f4-bac6-483a-9679-b92500dc3468@ddc49e5d-0f07-4043-9ddd-408d78122303

Dr. Audeliz Matías, geoscientist and Interim Dean of School for Graduate Studies at SUNY Empire State, explains the value of bringing the sciences and humanities together in community-based research to better understand and take action in the era of climate change and climate disasters, such as Hurricane María. Her research, which was conducted in Spanish and in English, uplifts the voices, knowledge, and insights of the people of Puerto Rico who experienced the 2017 Category 5 hurricane and its aftermath.

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05/06/2022

Congratulations to Board of Trustees Chair, Dr. Cary Fowler!
https://news.rhodes.edu/stories/rhodes-trustee-cary-fowler-becomes-us-special-envoy-global-food-security

Did you know? Dr. Fowler was the Executive Director of The Crop Trust from 2005 to 2012. Rhodes is in its 11th year of partnering with The Crop Trust. This partnership includes the 12-month Steve and Riea Lainoff Crop Trust Fellowship in Honor of Cary Fowler ’71 in Bonn, Germany, to a graduating senior. It also includes a summer, 8-week internship. We are thankful to Dr. Fowler, the Lainoff Family, and our partners at The Crop Trust for providing such amazing connections and experiences for Rhodes students!

Board of Trustees Chair Cary Fowler ’71 has joined the Department of State as U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security. The news was announced May 5 by Secretary of State Antony Blinken. According to the press statement, “Dr. Fowler will be critical to the Department’s efforts to respond to...

04/14/2022

Congratulations to Maya, the 2022-2023 recipient of The Steve and Riea Lainoff Crop Trust Fellowship in Honor of Cary Fowler '71!

Maya Searle, a senior health equity major from Knoxville, TN, has been awarded The Steve and Riea Lainoff Crop Trust Fellowship in Honor of Cary Fowler ’71. The fellowship is made possible through the generosity of Steve and Riea Lainoff, parents of Rhodes graduates Brian Lainoff ’11 and Mark La...

10/11/2021

Students: please join us for an information session with The Crop Trust! We will meet Tuesday, October 12 at 2 pm Central in the Spence Wilson Room. A Zoom option is also available (please see the Canvas site for the link). Questions? Please email Prof. Boyle.

09/08/2021

Rhodes seniors: the application materials for The Steve and Riea Lainoff Crop Trust Fellowship in Honor of Cary Fowler are now available! The deadline for applying to this 12-month fellowship is January 31. Please check out the ENVS Canvas page for more information (and materials), or email Prof. Boyle.

Here's a profile of the current fellow, Shaliz Barzani!

Senior English major Shaliz Barzani has been awarded The Steve and Riea Lainoff Crop Trust Fellowship in Honor of Cary Fowler. The fellowship is made possible through the generosity of Steve and Riea Lainoff, parents of Rhodes graduates Brian Lainoff ’11 and Mark Lainoff ’15. As a fellow, Barzan...