environmental and sustainability studies

Zoe Hannah Vozick, BA Environmental and Sustainability Studies '24, is a Spring 2024 Honors College graduate and student athlete. Vozick's most impactful course at Mason was HNRS 360 Grand Challenges, in which faculty experts across the university considered the most significant challenges we face today.

Katelyn Moore, BA Environmental and Sustainability Studies '24, is a Spring 2024 Honors College graduate. Moore has been active in student organizations related to environmental issues and worked as part of the Patriot Public Interest Research Group.

Around the world, environmental crises are making headlines, from the potential extinction of species and ecosystems to climate change. Students in George Mason University’s Department of Environmental Science and Policy (ESP) are driven to make a change.
This year five PhD students in the department received grants from the Cosmos Club Foundation to tackle a wide range of conservation efforts.

Imagine a day when canopies of solar panels across campus generate enough electricity to meet all of Mason’s power needs. That’s the dream of seven senior engineering students and faculty advisor Liling Huang, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).

Across five continents, more than 100 Smithsonian research projects collect a continuous stream of data on wildlife using camera traps—motion-triggered cameras that clue scientists in on what’s happening when humans aren’t around.
This semester, George Mason University senior Jamie Fetherolf is contributing to the network firsthand, by setting up camera traps in Washington, D.C., and analyzing the data with a Smithsonian conservation scientist at the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation.