SESYNC

11/25/2025

Check out our November newsletter, where we're highlighting some of our resources that tackle the wide-ranging subjects of complex socio-environmental systems and actionable science.

https://www.sesync.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/SESYNC_November_2025_Newsletter.pdf

07/31/2025

Looking to fill in the gaps in lesson planning? SESYNC offers several lessons and other learning materials intended to be used as a set or a series and designed for classroom instruction over multiple sessions. Learn more in our latest newsletter. ⬇️

https://www.sesync.org/sites/default/files/2025-07/SESYNC_July_2025_Newsletter.pdf

06/30/2025

Quench your thirst for knowledge and/or refresh your lesson plans by diving into SESYNC's pool of water-related resources. 💧 Check out our latest newsletter to learn more. ⬇️

https://www.sesync.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/SESYNC_June_2025_Newsletter.pdf

04/30/2025

Close out with SESYNC's resources that focus on the relationship between humans and the environment. Click to see our latest newsletter below.https://www.sesync.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/SESYNC_April_2025_Newsletter.pdf

02/28/2025

check out SESYNC's February newsletter, featuring resources on integrating human behavior into environmental research.

https://www.sesync.org/sites/default/files/2025-02/SESYNC_February_2025_Newsletter.pdf

12/23/2024

: Check out SESYNC's latest newsletter, featuring our updated toolkit for developing a research communications strategy 🗣 ⬇️
https://www.sesync.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/SESYNC_December_2024_Newsletter.pdf

11/26/2024

Don't miss SESYNC's November newsletter, featuring our podcast series 🎙 Succinct Science—perfect for listening to during your holiday travel!🎧 🍂🥧🚗🚌✈️🚞
https://www.sesync.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/SESYNC_November_2024_Newsletter.pdf

09/20/2024

Check out this SESYNC explainer, introducing concept/mental maps—a visual representation of one’s understanding of an environmental problem. Learn about these maps' components, the ways they represent feedbacks within a system, and their value in scientific collaborations. ⬇️
https://www.sesync.org/resources/concept-maps-feedbacks-and-dynamical-systems

09/16/2024

Check out the trailer for our newest video on communicating your science for the greatest impact, coming soon.

Coming soon: In this episode, the Assistant Director of Communications at SESYNC, Alaina Gallagher, talks with host, Erin Duffy, about effectively communicat...

05/02/2024

Congratulations to our SESYNC Director, Margaret Palmer on her election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! Kudos!

Congrats to Entomology Distinguished University Professor Margaret Palmer on being elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies!

Margaret's research focuses on watershed science and restoration ecology, and she serves as director of SESYNC, which is dedicated to creating actionable sustainability science.

Her election brings the number of CMNS faculty members who are AAA&S members to 16. https://go.umd.edu/palmer-aaa-s

12/18/2023

What are the stories we tell about disease? And how do those narratives reflect changing socio-environmental conditions?

In their new book, former SESYNC postdocs Merle Eisenberg and Lee Mordechai attempt to answer those questions by examining films from the past century. 🎞 📽 🎬 Learn more below. ⬇

A historic 6th-century plague outbreak and a fictitious 21st-century cinematic virus may have more in common than we’d think, according to a new book written by...

09/29/2023

, in the latest Succinct Science episode 🎙, we talk with sociologist Dr. Lori Peek about the University of Colorado Boulder's Natural Hazards Center and why it's critical to integrate disciplines like , with fields such as engineering, to reduce the harm that results from .

In this delightfully enthusiastic episode we talk with the unparallelly kind, Dr. Lori Peek, who is a Professor of Sociology and Director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder. We get into: What is Sociology, anyway? What are they up to at the Natural Hazards Center? W...