Monthly Archives: September 2015
New faculty positions open at UT-Austin in urban ecology and water resources engineering
The School of Architecture, along with the Environmental Science Institute, are looking to recruit an assistant professor in the School of Architecture specializing in urban ecology. The ideal candidate will have interdisciplinary research and teaching interests that contribute to the…
Kappe Lecturer 2015
ESI Director Jay Banner was selected as the 2015 Kappe Lecturer of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. This prestigious lectureship was endowed in 1989 to “share the knowledge of today’s practitioners with tomorrow’s environmental engineers and scientists”…
New ESI website launched!
You have entered the new ESI web site — we re-designed our web site to not only be more interesting, but to include new features and content to keep you up to date with the latest environmental news! We hope that…
Earth Day Texas Sponsors 97th Hot Science – Cool Talks event
A big thank you to Earth Day Texas for being a Hot Science – Cool Talks event sponsor! The title of the most recent talk was “If It’s Unsustainable, Why Does It Feel So Good?”, a panel discussion on human behavior…
Welcome to ESI’s New EVS Coordinator, Sarah McKay!
Though a native Texan, Sarah chose to go to college and grad school out of state at the University of Missouri (Mizzou-RAH!). She finished her master’s degree in counseling psychology in 2010, and moved to Austin to start academic advising shortly after. Since…