October 15, 2025Â鶹ÊÓƵ Environmental Science and Policy major Melanie Medrano has long aspired to work in the federal government, ideally on the front lines of creating meaningful environmental change. She took a major step toward that goal by starting an internship with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS, where she will assist in their communication efforts through December 2025.
April 4, 2025Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Potomac Science Center on Belmont Bay is a destination for environmental science research within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Slightly inland from shore, on a recent day in early March, the retention pond next to the center needed to be emptied to make changes to the drainage system. The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Nation was ready to rescue some of the creatures affected.
January 23, 2025Cindy Smith, a professor in Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Department of Environmental Science and Policy, took her EVPP 302 Biomes and Human Dimensions students to a composting facility last fall to give them a front-row seat for food and yard waste recycling.
March 8, 2024Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Potomac Science Center hosted the Girls in STEAM Empowerment Conference on Thursday, February 29. This annual event welcomed 60 middle school students for a day of science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM).
August 1, 2023Â鶹ÊÓƵ is deeply committed to pioneering processes that can answer the grand challenges of water, its responsible management, and sustainability. In fact, the university’s interdisciplinary approach and cutting-edge research as part of its strategic direction, has turned Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s campuses into a Living Lab.
June 29, 2023Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center (PEREC) recently hosted an invasive species removal event where students, faculty, staff, and community members came together to remove harmful, invasive plants around the Potomac Science Center in Woodbridge, Virginia.
April 17, 2023On Wednesday, April 12, Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger visited Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Potomac Science Center in Woodbridge, which is now part of the congresswoman’s district.
January 11, 2023In the Feather Identification Lab at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, Â鶹ÊÓƵ alum Carla Dove identifies the specific birds involved in collisions, with samples coming to her from various branches of the U.S. military, commercial airlines, and more
November 3, 2022A team of Â鶹ÊÓƵ students held a bat box-building workshop as their capstone project in the Sustainability in Action class.
October 4, 2022Â鶹ÊÓƵ doctoral candidate Chelsea Gray's research on social attitudes helped demonstrate strong public support in Ireland for basking shark conservation.
