Program Highlights

Faculty/Student News - 2023

Congratulations to ENVS Lecturer Dr. Ninian Stein for being awarded the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) Service Award and to Dr. Alex Blanchette, ENVS Executive Committee Member, for being awarded the Lerman-Neubauer Prize for Outstanding Teaching and Advising.

Congratulations to the following ENVS students for receiving Academic Awards:

Annabel Nied – The Prize Scholarship of the Class of 1882
Ben Chisam – Karno Dean's Award for Leadership and Academic Excellence
Chloé Markovits – Nancy W. Anderson Award for Environmental Sustainability
Eden Simko – Frederick M. and Dorie Ellis Prize
Fatima Lawan – 2023 Presidential Award for Civic Life & The Gemma Cifarelli Memorial Scholarship
Layla Sastry – The Community Service Award
Leija Helling – Alex Elias Memorial Prize Scholarship
Lilly Geller – The Prize Scholarship of the Class of 1882
Lily Sandholm – Marshall Hochhauser Prize
Lou Devlin – Class of 1898 Prize
ShaSha Kingston – Gemma Cifarelli Memorial Scholarship
Zach Ferreti – Alpha Omicron Pi Prize Scholarship

Environmental Studies is proud to have raised more funds this year than ever to support merit-based stipends for otherwise unpaid internships and research projects for students. Read more about these funds on our website - we also encourage you to apply for them next year! Congratulations to this year's recipients:

Internship Stipend Recipients:

Trevor Davis - interning at Save the Bay in Boston, MA
Amanda Lipari Maxson - interning at River Otter Ecology Project in Forest Knolls, CA
Lily Segal - interning at Environment America in Boston, MA
Bella Smith - interning at City of Paterson, NJ
Camille Smokelin - interning at Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, MA
Sophia Truex - interning at On The Level based in MA

Tufts Summer Scholars:

Aaron Apostadero - Project: Food Insecurity in College Students
Audrey Dutcher - Project: Investigation of Lepidoptera Scales for Bioinspired Energy Management Systems

ENVS Initiatives/Events

Congratulations to the winners of the 12th ENVS Environmental Photocontest:

1st place: Sam Littman, Biochemistry and Biotechnology
2nd place: Jack Rogen, Community Health and Political Science
3rd place: Eric Grin, Biochemistry, Russian & Eastern European Studies

Faculty/Student News - 2022

Congratulations to ENVS Lecturer Dr. Ninian Stein for her promotion to Senior Lecturer and to Dr. Sara Gomez for her promotion to Associate Director.

Farewell to ENVS Lecturer Dr. Lee Brown who is starting an Assistant Professor position at James Madison University in fall of 2022.

ENVS adds a second staff member in March 2022. Welcome to our new Program Coordinator, Lian Lucansky!

Congratulation to the following ENVS students for receiving Academic Awards:

Ryan Hernandez – Ethel M. Hayes Scholarship
Ryan Kadet – Susan Feigenbaum Memorial Prize in Judaic Studies
Muriel Horvath – Nancy W. Anderson Award for Environmental Sustainability
Arysha Madhani – Phyllis Karno Dean's Award for Leadership and Academic Excellence
Rose Malanga – Charles E. Stearns Prize
Daniel Meakem – Class Of 1911 Prize Scholarship
Maya Sze – James Hume Field Geology Prize
Elliot Trahan – Alex Elias Memorial Prize Scholarship
Rachel Wagner – Frederick M. and Dorie Ellis Prize
Tina Zhang – Gemma Cifarelli Memorial Scholarship

ENVS awarded three gift-funded internship/scholarships ($4000 each) for students to complete otherwise unpaid internships this summer:

Norton Nickerson Internship: Ryan Kane – Denver Department of Public Health and Environment
Farmanfarmaian and Terry Family Internship: Eden Simko – Grow Portland
Farmanfarmaian and Terry Family Scholarship: Lucy Tumavicus (Mentor: Cathy Stanton)

ENVS Initiatives/Events

Winners of the 11th ENVS Environmental Photocontest:

1st place: Ben Shamgochian (A’22), Biology
2nd place: Sam Littman (A’25), Biochemistry
3rd place: You Zhou (A’23), Biology and Environmental Studies

Learn about the April 2022 Tufts Food Systems Symposium: Unpacking Meat: Values, Cultures, Futures

Alumni News

Congratulations to the 2021 Nancy W. Anderson Award for Environmental Sustainability recipient Christine Lee.

Congratulations to the 2021 Norton Nickerson Endowed Internship recipient Sophomore David Jiang, who will be working with the Town of Carlisle's Master Plan Steering Committee.

Congratulations to the 2021 Terry and Farmanfarmaian Summer Scholarship recipient junior Ava Dimond who will be doing research under Dr. Penn Loh's mentorship, on a project entitled "Decommodifying Housing as Resilience: Combating Climate Gentrification in Miami, Florida."