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IBES in the News

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The Atlantic

America’s Coming Smoke Epidemic

Incoming IBES and Epidemiology faculty member Marianthi Kioumourtzoglou discussed the limitations of and current models for assessing wildfire-smoke exposure and its health impacts.
Brown Alumni Magazine

Sustainability Pioneer

This obituary honors Professor Emeritus Harold Ward, an environmental studies elder beloved by students and colleagues.
The Wall Street Journal

Behold, a Climate-Tech Venture Fund Closed in 2025

Planeteer Capital, a venture firm led by ENVS alumna Sophie Purdom '16, defied the odds this year by closing a $54 million first-time fund to invest in climate-tech startups.
May 12, 2025 News from Watson

Student Spotlight: Charlie Adams ’25

Senior International and Public Affairs and environmental science concentrator Charlie Adams, who graduates this month, grew up around policy and politics. Naturally, he found himself at home in the Watson Institute's International and Public Affairs (IAPA) concentration.
Los Angeles Review of Books

The Teeming Earth

IBES and History Associate Professor Bathsheba Demuth reviewed Ferris Jabr’s “Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life.”
Brown Division of Research

2025 Research Achievement Awardees

IBES Assistant Professor Daniel Ibarra received this year's Early Career Research Achievement Award in the Physical Sciences.
Brown Alumni Magazine

Bite-Sizing Climate Action

"Possibly" – IBES' podcast with the Public's Radio – fights climate-change overwhelm, one “let’s break this down” episode at a time.
The Atlantic

America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era

Corwin Zigler — a biostatistics professor and IBES affiliate who served on an EPA scientific advisory panel on air pollution under the Biden administration — provided commentary for this article.
Swearer Center for Public Service

Trees, Heat and Human Health

This article highlights the engaged work that three ENVS concentrators are conducting to increase tree equity in Providence and bolster community health.