On Friday, February 7, Sayles Hall buzzed with excitement as students met with representatives from a diverse array of organizations at the inaugural Climate Careers Exploration Fair. The event connected students with employers offering climate-focused jobs and provided insights from alumni navigating careers in the environmental sector.

For the past decade, IBES’ Research, Training, and Travel (RTT) Awards have empowered graduate students working in units across Brown University to advance environmental research while building skills beyond campus.

On February 7, IBES hosted Brown's first-ever Climate Careers Exploration Fair, specially geared toward professional development opportunities for students interested in climate-related fields.

Loewenstein, IBES' academic program manager, has earned a reputation for her dedication to students' learning and wellbeing.

IBES' signature class, “Humans, Nature, and the Environment,” bridges the gap between classroom learning and real-world solutions, connecting first- and second-year students with local organizations to address pressing environmental issues.

Ward, the architect of environmental studies at Brown, passed away on December 4, 2024.

IBES Professor Timmons Roberts noted that fossil fuel companies have "buried the negative impacts of their product like the tobacco companies did."

Kim Cobb offered commentary on the scientific evidence that climate change is harming people and the planet.

Past and present members of Associate Professor Tyler Karzinel's lab analyzed the link between diet and gut flora in three giraffe species.

IBES Fellow and Biology Professor Jon Witman, who has studied Cashes Ledge since 1977, offered commentary for this article.

“We really need an educated workforce who can understand what’s going on (and) how to transform from a historically carbon-based economy to a decarbonized economy,” said Nitin Padture, an IBES faculty affiliate and the director of the Initiative for Sustainable Energy.

IBES and DEEPS Professor Amanda Lynch offered commentary for this article.

Associate Professor Tyler Kartzinel's lab group collaborated with nonprofits in Kenya and Namibia to compare the diets and gut microbiomes of giraffes.

IBES and Epidemiology Associate Professor Allan Just led the development of this state-of-the-art national spatiotemporal exposure model, which reconstructs daily particulate air pollution estimates for use in a wide range of health studies.

IBES and Epidemiology Associate Professor Allan Just led the development of this state-of-the-art national spatiotemporal exposure model, reconstructing daily temperature estimates for use in a wide range of health studies.