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The quality of life
 in tomorrow’s world hinges on our
ability to resolve some very complex environmental issues. You can make a
difference
in that world by pursuing a degree
in Environmental Science, a
field
for the future.
The University of Idaho Environmental
Science Program emphasizes an integrated approach for students committed
to studying and solving environmental issues. Faculty from throughout the
university, including soil scientists, engineers, biologists, ecologists,
geographers, political scientists, sociologists, economists, chemists and
hydrologists, work across traditional disciplines to provide you with a
comprehensive education in the hows and whys of environmental
problem-solving.
 
Summer Research
Experience for Undergraduates in Sustainable Water Resources
The
Environmental Science Program has been awarded a grant to offer this
experience for three years beginning summer 2008. Deadline date for
applications is March 21, 2008. Click
here for details.
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Environmental Science PhD
Student Wins Prestigious EPA Greater Research Opportunity
Fellowship Award
(one of 14 awarded nationwide):
Ryan
Toohey, A PhD student in Environmental Science, received a 2007 EPA Greater
Research Opportunity (GRO) Fellowship award. Ryan joined the Environmental
Science Program as a member of the Joint Doctoral Program of the University
of Idaho (UI) and El Centro de Agricultural Tropical de Investigaciones y
Enseňanza (CATIE) in Turrialba, Costa Rica. Under the supervision of Dr. Jan
Boll (Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, UI) and Dr. Jeffrey
Jones (Geographic Information Systems Laboratory, El CATIE), Ryan entered UI
as an NSF Interdisciplinary Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)
fellow.
Ryan's
research focuses on integrating hydrological processes and water quality
information into an interdisciplinary team project around Turrialba, Costa
Rica. This project investigates how coffee farm management influences the
provision of certain environmental services (integrated pest management,
critical source areas for water quality and erosion, and biodiversity) and
the farmer's socioeconomic livelihood at the landscape scale. Ryan is also
investigating how land use and land use change affect runoff at the field,
watershed and historic scale.
For more
information on Ryan's project and EPA fellowship opportunities, please visit
the following Website:
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/fellow/.
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