Congratulations to all of the PittSustainability Awardees - we are especially proud of our GES students Rachel Garcia & Mare McGrory!
APR 2026 - Congratulations to Rachel Garcia & Mare McGrory! 2026 Pitt Sustainability Awardees
Environmental Studies
APR 2026 - Sophia Lineman Contributes to the Inaugural Issue of the University of Pittsburgh's Undergraduate Law Review
The Undergraduate Law Review at the University of Pittsburgh is a student-led publication that aims to advance serious legal scholarship at the undergraduate level. It publishes original student work across a broad range of legal topics, fostering a community grounded in thoughtful analysis and intellectual rigor. The Review serves as a forum for developing legal writing, critical reasoning, and sustained engagement with pressing legal questions.
MAY 2025 - Student Presenter: Responsible Data Science and AI
Second Annual Data Science Day
In March, the University of Pittsburgh hosted its second annual Data Science Day, bringing together students, faculty and industry
MAY 2025 - GES Pape Endowment Award
Congratulations to Poushalee Banerjee on being awarded the Arthur & Barbara Pape Endowment Award!
This award from the Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology (PLE), University of Pittsburgh, for her research proposal. This grant will help further my ongoing research work on Eastern Hellbenders. This vulnerable amphibian species has been a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) since December 2024.
MAY 2025 - Congratulations GES Class of 2025!
Congratulations to the Class of 2025!
On Saturday, May 3, we were honored to celebrate the accomplishments of our students!
GES Class of 2025!
MAY 2025 - GES Students are Student Sustainability Champions!
Multiple GES students were recognized at the annual PittSustainability Awards as Student Sustainability Champions!
These graduating students made significant contributions to sustainability both on- and off-campus during their time at Pitt. We look forward to seeing what they accomplish as alumni!
Congratulations to:
MAY 2025 - Pitt News: Faculty Mark Collins Highlighted
GES Environmental Studies instructor - Mark Collins: the practical and empathetic “poet of life experience”
Here's a link to the article.
APR 2025 - PittWire: Sustainable Engineering in Iceland
Sustainable Engineering in Iceland - Spring Break 2025
GES Environmental Studies student, Megan Duda, shares how her experience with the Sustainable Engineering in Iceland course deepened her knowledge of thermodynamics.
NOV 2024 - GES Sustainable Food Systems Class Donate 57lbs. of Produce!
The Sustainable Food Systems class, taught by Corey Flyyn, spends most weeks at an urban farm learning and working with community leaders. This week we had the privilege of helping Ebony Lunsford-Evans, better known as Farm Girl Eb, get her urban farm in the West End, 1 Sound Farm, ready for the winter.