As Brown moves toward a pledge to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, the University will take a major step toward decarbonization and energy resiliency by creating a modern, sustainable thermal energy system on its College Hill campus.
Congratulations to ENVS concentrators Riley Brooks '28 & Julia Sayre '27, who won apprenticeships with the Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund this summer!
Through ASLF, Brooks will work at @snugharborccbg.bsky.social and Sayre will work at Blackeyed Susan’s Sheep Dairy.
Learn more about the 2026 class:
This week on Possibly, in the second installment of our series on the dairy industry, we’re turning our attention to an age-old method used to efficiently store cheese: the earth.
Listen to this week's episode to hear how local farmers are looking to the soil to keep their cheese cool.
The IBES-led Equitable Climate Futures initiative has announced its new awardees! Projects range from food equity to Indigenous climate action: https://ecf.brown.edu/news/2026-05-11/ecf-2026-awards
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Following a milestone 75% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions, the University will establish a new campus heating network that reduces emissions and dramatically increases efficiency and resiliency.
Through the Brown University Swearer Center for Public Service's Royce Fellowship program, eight students affiliated with IBES will conduct community-engaged research spanning environmental justice, food sovereignty, conservation biology, and Indigenous land stewardship. Learn more:
Please join us in a moment of silence to mark 6 months since the shooting that occurred on Brown's campus.
We acknowledge the void left by the two students we lost & the pain that our community has carried since. We recognize our community’s grief, resilience & continued healing. We are ever true.
In part two of Possibly’s series on the dairy industry, we’re turning our attention to an age-old method used to efficiently store cheese
Great news. Way to go @brown.edu! And thanks to the folks at @brown-ibes.bsky.social who helped make it happen.
Check out this new paper — led by grad affiliate Sebastian Muñoz, with IBES and DEEPS profs @danibarra.bsky.social & Laurence Smith, postdoc Gavin Piccione, grad affiliate Sarah Esenther, and @uafairbanks.bsky.social colleagues — in @agu.org's Geophysical Research Letters ⤵️
Congrats to the recipients of the Brown Population Studies and Training Center's 2026 Seed Awards! This year's awardees include IBES & PSTC Research Prof Elizabeth Fussell, IBES affiliate & Brown University Department of Education Prof Matthew A Kraft, and IBES affiliate & Sociology Prof John Logan.
IBES Dir. @kimcobb.bsky.social says a “proposal to base funding decisions on alignment with the [Trump] administration’s agenda is a particularly acute threat for climate & weather funding, which protects our nation’s infrastructure, economy, agriculture, public safety & national security.” @cnn.com
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Through the Swearer Center program, eight students affiliated with IBES will conduct community-engaged research spanning environmental justice, food sovereignty, conservation biology, and Indigenous land stewardship.
Scientists across multiple disciplines are raising the alarm after the White House proposed taking greater control over how scientific research gets funded and allowing political appointees to decide ...
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Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES)
Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES)
Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES)
Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES)
Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES)
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As Brown moves toward a pledge to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, the University will take a major step toward decarbonization and energy resiliency by creating a modern, sustainable thermal energy system on its College Hill campus.
Following a milestone 75% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions, the University will establish a new campus heating network that reduces emissions and dramatically increases efficiency and resiliency.
