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The students in the Rausser College of Natural Resources are at the core of the College’s mission to “See the Bigger Picture. Make a Better World.” Here we highlight the stories of some of our outstanding undergraduate and graduate students who embody that motto in their research, community action, and daily lives. To nominate a student or group to be featured, use this submission form.
Advancing Inclusion and Anti-Racism in the College Classroom
A new tool created by ESPM faculty and students aims to support instructors in developing anti-racist approaches to course design and teaching practices.
Lost in translation
PMB graduate student Leah Gulyas explores how one tiny coronavirus protein blockades host cells—and how a few simple changes can flip the script.
Student Spotlight: Nicholas Karavolias
Karavolias, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, was featured in an interview by the Alliance for Science on World CRISPR Day.
Alexii Sigona on supporting his tribe as an academic
Sigona, a member of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and a third-year ESPM Ph.D. student, focuses his research on Indigenous natural resource management, specifically with the Amah Mutsun—a landless and non-federally recognized tribe.
Facebook Fellow Spotlight: Gauthami Penakalapati
Energy & Resources Group graduate student Penakalapati studies gender empowerment development programs in India.
Student Spotlight: Audrey Slatkin
Fourth-year Conservation and Resource Studies major discusses her involvement with the Farmlink Project, a volunteer organization combating food waste and food insecurity.
Rausser College athletes compete in 2020 Olympics
This summer, seven Rausser students and alumni joined the global competition in Tokyo.
Student Spotlight: Sierra Margolis
Margolis, a fourth-year student majoring in Conservation and Resource Studies, studies the intersection of conservation and tech as a Fung Fellow.
Karl Dunkle Werner to join U.S. Treasury’s Office of Economic Policy
Karl Dunkle Werner, who completed his PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics this year, will join the U.S. Treasury as an economist in August.
Student Spotlight: Chloe Cho
The recent graduate discusses her interest in agroecology, ecological pest management, and science communications.
Student Spotlight: Adriel Ghadoushi
Ghadoushi, a third-year Society and Environment major and Fung Fellow on the Conservation + Tech track, discusses his projects for societal change and his passion for policy, sustainability, and justice.
Six students receive 2021 Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability Award
The undergraduate students, all in Rausser College and graduating this year, were honored with the university-wide distinction.
“Bamboo ceiling:” Zinmay Renee Sung uplifts experiences of Asian American women
As part of the 150 Years of Women at Berkeley campaign, faculty, students, and staff share their stories in a recent video project led by professor emerita Sung.
Student Spotlight: Gerard Legaspi
Gerard Legaspi, a second-year studying Molecular Environmental Biology and Nutritional Sciences, Physiology, and Metabolism, works as the Rausser College health worker.
Adélaïde Bernard wins first prize in Grad Slam competition
After winning first place in the UC Berkeley Grad Slam last month, metabolic biology student Adélaïde Bernard will represent campus at the systemwide Grad Slam competition on May 7th.
Food Systems Adapting (Or Not) to Climate Change
Margiana Petersen-Rockney, a graduate student in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, was featured in a recent Berkeley Graduate Division profile.
Crop diversity enriches soil fungi in depleted soil
Doctoral student Aidee Guzman works with farmers in the San Joaquin Valley to understand soil health—and to support farmers.
Listen Closely, the Trees are Talking
Plant & Microbial Biology PhD student Lorenzo Washington published an article on fungal relationships in Bay Nature.
Berkeley Student Farms grows more than food
Berkeley Student Farms is a coalition of student-run gardens dedicated to giving student-farmers ownership over the foods they grow, reconnecting to the land’s indigenous heritage, and empowering leadership, collaboration, and onsite learning.
Student Spotlight: Violet Henderson
Henderson is a fourth-year student studying Conservation & Resources Studies and African American Studies.