News & Events

 The Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences is a dynamic program linking Colleges and Departments throughout the University through cross-disciplinary research in the Environmental Sciences.  As such a great deal of events on campus are of interest to our students and faculty.

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Promotion and Tenure Announcements 2008

College of Business - Dr. Gauri Guha, Associate Professor
College of Engineering - Dr. Shivan Haran, Associate Professor
College of Sciences and Mathematics - Dr. Alan Christian, Associate Professor & Dr. Richard Grippo, Professor

PhD and MS Graduates Spring-Summer 2008

PhD - Dr. Leonette Cox, Dr. Blaine Buckman, Dr. Joy Trauth
MS - Ms. Sharon Wren, Ms. Jaimie Conrad , Ms. Irene Mundali

Congratulations to these EVS students:

For successfully defending their PhD proposals:
Erin Macchia, David Clarke

For successfully defending their MS thesis:
Jaimie Conrad, Holly Martin

Congrats to these PhD candidates for successfully defending their dissertations:
Leonette Cox, Ben Wheeler, Blaine Buckman

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Bouldin who was named 2008 Educator of the Year by the Arkansas Water Environment Association.  The James Bailey Memorial Award is awarded to an Arkansan who strives to inspire fellow Arkansans with an enthusiasm and desire to protect the state's water environment, understand environmental issues and further environmental education.

Upcoming Conferences

MidSouth SETAC, Vicksburg MS, May 15-16, 2008

2008 National Environmental Studies & Sciences Summit, May 22-24, 2008

Newsletters

Summer 2003

Fall 2003

Spring 2004

Summer 2004

Fall 2004 - Spring 2005

Public Forums


Faculty in the Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences actively participate in public education through the weekly Sunday Science series in the Jonesboro Sun as well as on KASU Radio (91.9 FM) and TV.  For information please contact Dr. Al Romero.

Newpaper Articles

http://www.jonesborosun.com/archivesearch.asp

Sample Article, Jan 8 2005


Radio Spot Schedule - Sun article on Radio Shows
Date     Topic      Interviewee
6-Feb     Bird flu     J. Loutsch
13-Feb     Ivory-billed woodpecker     J. Bednarz
20-Feb     Blind cave fishes     A. Romero
27-Feb     Nobel Prize Medicine: ulcers     D. Gilmore
6-Mar     Nobel Prize Chemistry: Metathesis     M. Panigot
13-Mar     Nobel Prize Physics: precision measurements     S. Allen
20-Mar     Alligator Snapping turtle     S. Trauth
27-Mar     Nerve regeneration     M. Srivatsan
3-Apr     Bats     R. Grippo
10-Apr     Puffballs     M. Huss
17-Apr     Flying squirrels     T. Risch
24-Apr     Ozark hellbender     B. Wheeler
1-May     Lasers     S. Allen
8-May     Fat pocketbook mussels     A. Christian
15-May     Goldenrods     S. Vanderpool
22-May     Venomous snakes in Arkansas     J. Trauth
29-May     Tiger beetles     T. McKay
5-Jun     Root biotechnology     F. Medina-Bolivar=