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RES PhD Student Sameer Shah Featured in UBC’s “A Quick Study”

RES PhD Student Sameer Shah Featured in UBC’s “A Quick Study”

(Photo credit: wfelden from flickr/Creative Commons )   A Quick Study is a UBC ongoing series aimed at getting to know what motivates and inspires UBC students about their learning — inside and outside the classroom. RES PhD student Sameer Shah is featured in UBC’s A Quick Study.  Click here to view the interview.   […]

RES PhD Candidate Michael Lathuillière’s Research in Brazil  Featured on Mitacs Blog

RES PhD Candidate Michael Lathuillière’s Research in Brazil
Featured on Mitacs Blog

Below is a short description of research RES PhD Candidate Michael Lathuillière is doing in Brazil posted on the Mitacs Blog: https://www.mitacs.ca/en/impact/postcard-brazil-ubc-phd-student-travels-southern-amazonia-find-water-footprint-local-farms   For more information on Mitacs, click here.   Photo credit: Michael Lathuillière

RES PhD Candidate Michael J. Lathuillière and IRES Faculty Mark S. Johnson have a new publication

A review of green- and blue-water resources and their trade-offs for future agricultural production in the Amazon Basin: what could irrigated agriculture mean for Amazonia? Co-Authors: Michael J. Lathuillière1, Michael T. Coe2, and Mark S. Johnson1,3 1Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, 2202, Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z4, Canada 2Woods […]

Congratulations to our May 2016 RMES Graduates!

Congratulations to our May 2016 RMES Graduates!

Johnnie Manson – MA (Supervisors: Terre Satterfield and Hannah Wittman)   Kelly Sharp – MA (Supervisors: Hisham Zerriffi and Philipe Le Billon)   Yaron Cohen – MSc (Supervisor: Milind Kandlikar)   Arvind Saraswat – PhD (Supervisor: Milind Kandlikar)   Lisa Westerhoff – PhD (Supervisor: John Robinson)   Thor Jensen – Joint PhD [UBC — UVSQ] […]

Congratulations RES PhD student Sameer Shah!

Congratulations RES PhD student Sameer Shah!

RES PhD student Sameer Shah was recently awarded the prestigious Governor General’s Gold Medal at the Master’s level for UBC. Sameer is also the recipient of the UBC Faculty of Science Graduate Prize.  This award recognizes the science student whose record, in the opinion of the Faculty, is the best in the graduating class for […]

New social vulnerability publication by RES PhD student Graham McDowell

New social vulnerability publication by RES PhD student Graham McDowell

[Photo Credit: Graham McDowell] McDowell, G., Ford. J., Jones. J. (2016) 25 years of community-level climate change vulnerability research: Trends, progress, and future directions. Environmental Research Letters. 11:033001

RES PhD student John Driscoll and colleagues win 2016 Vancouver Aquarium Murray A. Newman Award

RES PhD student John Driscoll and colleagues win 2016 Vancouver Aquarium Murray A. Newman Award

Click here to read more. [Photo Credit: Living Oceans Society / Wikimedia Commons]

Navin Ramankutty featured in The New York Times & The Globe and Mail

Professor Ramankutty on “Drought and Heat Took a Heavy Toll on Crops” & “North American crops among those most affected by climate change”.