Weronika Tomczyk, a research associate in the Department of Anthropology and postdoctoral fellow in the Ecology, Evolution, Environment and Society Program, publishes paper on new bone specimens and a mummified dog providing evidence of their coexistence with humans.
Chunmeng Wang is a PhD student in the EEES program. Her poster, Climate Change Increases the Reliance of U.S. Corn on Irrigation, recently won an award at the Guarini Poster Session.
Many of our EEES faculty have received accolades and awards in 2026!
More than 300 farmers and agricultural service providers learned about agroforestry through a recently completed Northeast SARE Research and Education Grant project. Congrats to Professor Theresa Ong, Kristen Jovanelly (EEES), and the whole team!
Sarah Cuprewich, a PhD candidate in the EEES graduate program, used the award to conduct a laboratory experiment testing whether mycorrhizal fungal spores remain viable after being consumed by rodents, shedding light on how these essential fungi disperse across landscapes in a changing climate.
Douglas Bolger, an ecologist and conservation biologist interested in how human land-use affects animal and plant populations, was appointed to the Myers Family Professorship.
Saima Shikesho's (EEES PhD Candidate) paper was awarded 2024 Journal of Zoology 'Paper of the Year'. Congrats!
Researchers spotlight projects on climate scholarship.
Professor Bala Chaudhary was honored with the British Ecological Society's 2025 Equality and Diversity Champion Award, which celebrates those who've made outstanding contributions to enhancing the practice of equality and diversity in the ecological community.
Congrats to Michelle Irengbam for her lead authored piece that just came out in the prestigious journal Political Geography!
