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Educating Environmental Leaders
DENIN recognizes that the solutions to environmental challenges are most likely to be found at the intersections of multiple disciplines.
We are providing undergraduate and graduate students with opportunities to explore across disciplines and learn the skills they need to take on leadership roles in the partnerships that will be required to address these challenges.
Interdisciplinary Academic Programs
DENIN facilitated the launch of a new interdisciplinary Water Science and Policy Graduate Program in 2011. More than 30 faculty representing four colleges at the University of Delaware are participating. Offering both master’s and doctoral degrees, the program has attracted outstanding students who are exposed to both scientific and policy concepts relevant to water issues. As the first graduates have emerged from
the program, they have proved very attractive
to employers. The process of forming another cross-disciplinary program in environmental biogeochemistry is now underway, with DENIN once again playing a key organizational role.
Environmental Fellows
The goal of the DENIN Environmental Fellows Program is to support outstanding doctoral students whose scientific research and interests demonstrate a clear link to societal needs and benefits. DENIN Fellows are selected in two- year cohorts. They receive a generous research stipend and also work together on projects that complement their primary academic programs. Fellows organize and lead a number of events and activities each year to forge connections among their peers and with visiting scientists, policy makers, educators, and the public. We are confident that the DENIN Fellows will be future leaders, capable of bridging science and society.
The 2014–15 class of DENIN Environmental Scholars gathers for their orientation with education program manager Yolanda Williams- Bey, on the far right.
Doctoral student Jennifer Egan presents her research at the inaugural Water Science and Policy student research symposium.
The 2014–16 DENIN Environmental Fellows include Mahfuzur Khan, Jean Brodeur, Kelsea Schumacher, and Audrey Gamble.
Ambassadors Katy Super, Meaghan Krenn, Radhika Samant, and Marisa Andreazza, along with communications manager Beth Chajes, greet visitors to the DENIN booth at Coast Day.