July 2014

Scholars invited to apply for NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award

July 22, 2016

Students, post-docs and junior researchers (e.g. assistant professors) across the world who want to expand their professional networks should apply for a 2017 NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award. This will mark the program's 20th year. 

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When the world's hyperconnectivity impacts sustainability

July 21, 2014

As science identifies more and more connections between important -- but often seemingly unrelated --  phenomena that span the globe, it's showing us how tightly wound the Earth is.  Indeed: the drivers of climate change, food security and wildlife conservation wrap around the globe like stitching binds a baseball.

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Post-doc scholar publishes paper on Amazon deforestation

July 18, 2014

Jing Sun, a post-doctoral scholar working with Jack Liu, has published a paper in this week’s Applied Geography. He explores new ways of understanding deforestation in the Amazon.

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Mentoring book's hook is empowerment

July 15, 2014

Bill Taylor has received numerous awards and honors befitting an internationally recognized expert in Great Lakes fisheries ecology with a 35-plus-year career full of researcher discoveries and professional service.

But what he loves most is mentoring.

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CSIS member contributes to land change synthesis paper

July 9, 2014

Bill McConnell, CSIS associate director and associate professor, is one of the authors published in the journal Regional Environmental Change. The release, below, is courtesy of The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center. 

 

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Commission awards Good opportunity to study fisheries management

July 1, 2014

Molly Good, a CSIS doctoral student, will be paired with a Great Lakes Fishery Commission executive to learn about fisheries management in the Great Lakes Basin with the help the Janice Lee Fenske Excellence in Fisheries Management Fellowship.

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