Voss Environmental Fellows funds Brown juniors to undertake use-inspired research summer projects. Fellows are co-advised by Brown or Brown-MBL faculty member and the end user of the research, with the goal of producing new knowledge that is both scientifically valid and useful in improving environmental policy or practice. The program is open to students and […]
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Click here to read the reflections of Leslie lab alums Harriet Booth and Katherine Siegel on their undergraduate engaged research projects. Harriet and Katherine, both Class of 2013, were members of the Leslie lab and participated in Heather’s upper level course on Engaged Environmental Scholarship and Communication in Spring 2013. To learn more about the course or […]
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In Fall 2013, 14 Brown University undergraduates are investigating the diversity of ways that humans are connected to and part of ecosystems in coastal Rhode Island. Through the seminar-style course Coastal Ecology and Conservation (ENVS 0455/BIOL 0455) taught by Prof. Heather Leslie and graduate teaching assistant Kara Pellowe, students are learning core ecological principles and how they are translated […]
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Heather has written an inaugural article for the new online magazine, SNAP: Science for Nature and People. SNAP is a new collaboration between The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the Wildlife Conservation Society and the National Center for Ecology Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), and will deliver rapid, implementable results. The goal of SNAP is to demonstrate how protecting nature can enhance human well-being. Read […]
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This summer, Heather and several students are focused on elements of ocean health in Narragansett Bay and the broader New England region. Read more…
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Read of Alice Alpert, graduate student in the MIT/WHOI Joint Program, who studies what the chemistry of coral skeletons can tell us about the ocean in the past. This former Brown undergrad had the honor and challenge of being the muse for an Antarctic poet, Katharine Coles. See http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/alpertandpoet.
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More than 100 Brown faculty members in the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences work on Latin America and the Caribbean. Focus on Faculty Issue No. 2 offers a window onto the cutting-edge scholarship that faculty across the University are carrying out on Latin America and the Caribbean. The issue includes a special section on […]
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Today, COMPASS published a commentary in PLOS Biology on the journey from science outreach to meaningful engagement. This post is part of a series of reactions, reflections, and personal experiences we hope will expand the conversation. Read the summary post here, or track the conversation by searching for #reachingoutsci I often think of my life as a series of […]
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Download an application now! http://umaine.edu/leslie-lab/education/coastal-ecology-and-conservation-fall-2009/
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Hurricane Sandy was a fearsome reminder that coastal communities are highly vulnerable to extreme weather events and environmental variability and that vulnerability is only expected to increase with climate change. Brown University scientists Heather Leslie and Leila Sievanen, members of an interdisciplinary research team focused on human-environment interactions in coastal regions, discussed these challenges at […]
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