Division of Environmental Studies Established

Division created two undergraduate majors, Environmental Planning and Management, and Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning.

With 16 faculty, research was equally split between physical, environmental, and social sciences.

The Division of Environmental Studies joins the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Susan P. Harrison and Eliska Rejmankova, both ecologists, appointed as first female faculty members

The Division officially becomes The Department of Environmental Science and Policy (DESP).

Los Angeles Times highlights Ted Grosholz’s research on the European green crab and its impact on native California coastal systems

The European green crab–a notorious invader of coasts around the world–can wreak ecological havoc, eating its way through marshes, harbors and bays where rare native birds and fish feed.

Alan Hastings receives a $3.8M NSF grant to study ecosystem processes of invasive Atlantic cordgrass

Eliska Rejmankova’s Wetland Ecology Lab receives funding from NIH/NSF Program “Ecology of Infectious Diseases”

The funding is for the project “Environmental Determinants of Malaria in Belize”. The project resulted in the establishment of the Belize Vector and Ecology Center, BVEC, which has been providing a research platform for a wide variety of ecological and public health concerns.

Pete Richerson appointed to National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Commission on Behavior and Social Science and Education’s Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change

Former students and associates establish scholarship to honor Dolores M. Dumont

Dumont was a Department of Environmental Science and Policy staff advisor for more than 30 years.

Joan Ogden, professor emerita, serves as mentor for Humphrey Fellow

The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program brings accomplished mid-career professionals with a commitment to public service, from countries with developing and emerging economies, to the United States for one year of non-degree study and practical professional development.

Andy Sih elected World Innovation Foundation Fellow

John Largier becomes President of the California Estuarine Research Society (CAERS). Largier co-founded CAERS in 2003.

Governor Schwarzenegger names Daniel Sperling to California Air Resources Board

The governor’s administration also named Sperling as co-leader for a team of UC researchers assigned to drafting a new state policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks.

Tom Tomich joins Department of Environmental Science and Policy and serves as founding director of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute and the statewide Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program

Tomich is also the inaugural holder of the W.K. Kellogg Endowed Chair in Sustainable Food Systems.

Alan Hastings awarded Faculty Research Lectureship by the Academic Senate which is the highest senate honor for scholarly research.

The Faculty Research Lectureship is the highest senate honor for scholarly research. Hastings, a theoretical ecologist, explores the dynamics of how earthly populations move and change in a wide variety of real-world environments, and is one of the most prolific experts in his field.

Charles Goldman named chairman of the board of Tahoe Baikal Institute

The Tahoe Baikal Institute focuses on developing environmental leaders from the US, Russia, and other nations in the areas of scientific research, education, business and governmental policy. Its summer exchange program, established in 1990, has seen about 300 participants, mostly post graduate degree candidates and upper division students.

Daniel Sperling is interviewed on The Daily Show with John Stewart to discuss the role of government policy in advancing fuel-efficient cars

Mark Lubell authors report that helps UC Davis receive a score of 30 out of 50 on the study’s “sustainability index”

Ecologist Fraser Shilling conducts study which discovers widespread impact of eating mercury-tainted fish

It was estimated that 100,000 people from his study were impacted from eating mercury-tainted fish due to abandoned mercury mines throughout central California’s coastal mountains. Mercury levels were higher than what was deemed safe by the US EPA.

Alan Hasting's research on the predictability, or lack thereof, in biological invasions is featured in The New York Times

Ted Grosholz, an expert on invasive species, including California green crab and Spartina cordgrass, works on conserving biodiversity in California estuaries

John Largier joins Congressmember Jarred Huffman on KQED Forum addressing ocean acidification.

Limnologist Steven Sadro joins the Department

Steven Sadro deploys the California Mountain Lake Network (CaMoLaN) in the Sierra Nevada to understand and predict the effects of climate change on mountain lakes.

Capital Public Radio features an interview with Gwen Arnold as she discusses her work and the debate over fracking in San Luis Obispo

Gwen Arnold, in an interview with Vice, discusses the EPA's website change to a more pro-fracking outlook

The New York Times features the work of Frances Moore and colleagues

The article discusses the new normal of extreme weather events, and Moore’s work focused on how people contextualize extreme temperatures based on past weather experiences.

Frances Moore discusses agriculture and climate change on Resources Radio.

EOS features Marissa Baskett and a team of colleagues who found a novel framework and intervention to manage coral reefs

Los Angeles Times features an op-ed by Susan Harrison whose work aims to better understand how California native plants are coping with climate change