News & Announcements

Dr. Jerry Burgess Selected as New Director of the ENVS Program

Dr. Jerry Burgess Selected as New Director of the ENVS Program
After six years as Director of the ENVS Program, Dr. Rebecca Kelly is stepping down to take an early retirement. The program is delighted to announce that Dr. Jerry Burgess, currently Director of the MS in Environmental Sciences and Policy and the MS in Geographic Information Systems within JHU’s Advanced Academic Programs, will be taking […]

Environmental Science Majors Complete Senior Honors Theses

The ENVS program is proud to showcase two seniors in the Class of 2022, Morgan Buchanan and Mitch Porter, who completed honors theses this year, thereby earning honors in their Environmental Science majors. They gave their thesis presentations in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences on April 25, 2022. Morgan’s thesis is titled “Explaining […]

JHU Intersession Abroad course in January 2020: Bermuda – Island Sustainability

This year, the ENVS program offered an Intersession Abroad course in Bermuda in January, entitled Island Sustainability. Taught by Dr. Rebecca Kelly, this hands-on course enabled students to explore how the island nation of Bermuda handles issues such as food, water, energy, waste, and biodiversity conservation and to evaluate the sustainability of these practices.