News & Events

11/4/09 - "The Upside of Down"

Patrick Harris′ article "The Upside of Down" appeared in the November 4th edition of the Sou′wester. Harris writes on Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon′s recent lecture on "The Upside of own: Leveraging Catastrophe for Positive Change". Click the above link to read the article in its entirety.

5/1/09 - Announcement: URCAS Award winners

Best paper in Environmental Studies: Derek Washam, "Eco-Authoritarianism: The Commons and its Need for Technocracy"

Best poster in Environmental Studies: Jacqueline Gentry and Sarah Rogers, "Determining efficient energy usage in Barret Library through cost-benefit research"

Film: Galapagos: The Islands that Changed the World

6:30-8:00, FJ-C

Join the Anthropology/Sociology Dept.’s Prof. Lusteck for this fascinating film about some of the world’s most beautiful and pristine islands. ANSO will provide food and drinks.

12/2008 - Launch of Rhodes Environmental Footprint Site

Mellon Environmental Fellow and Anthropology professor Rob Lusteck′s students put together a site to help Rhodes students, staff, faculty, and friends determine their environmental footprint. Check it out here

11/11/2008 | Environmental Studies Kickoff Celebration

Environmental crusaders and writers Mark London, Thomas E. Lovejoy and Charles C. Mann will be on hand at Rhodes College November 11 for an all-day celebration of the college’s newly expanded Environmental Studies Program. Read more about this event.

10/27/2008 | Speaker: Molly Caldwell Crosby

Molly Caldwell Crosby, author of The American Plague and Rhodes alum, spoke with Prof. Sciubba’s Global Ecopolitics class.

10/24/2008 | Environmental Studies featured in Rhodes Magazine

The fall 2008 edition of Rhodes includes an in-depth examination of the new Environmental Studies Program, as well as a Web-only extra story about related courses being offered this fall.

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