Renowned Climate Communicator to Deliver Keynote Remarks On April 21, the Environment and Sustainability Studies Program and the Sabin Center will host renowned climate communicator Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, Chief Scientist at The Nature Conservancy. The title of her address is inspired by Physicist and former U.S. Science […]
“Oh the Places We Can Go!” Wake Forest University will welcome Dr. Alan Townsend of University of Montana for a public lecture on Tuesday, February 17. Dr. Townsend is a Professor of Ecosystem Ecology at University of Montana’s W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation. […]
Applications Due March 15, 2026 The Sabin Center is pleased to announce the Spring 2026 cycle for faculty seed grant funding, designed to advance Wake Forest Faculty’s efforts toward a more sustainable, just, and abundantly wild world. Awards typically range from $1,000 to $4,000, and […]
“Advancing Solutions to Environmental Change Through Discovery & Partnership” Wake Forest University will welcome Dr. Kevin Reed of Stony Brook University for a public lecture on Tuesday, February 10. Dr. Reed serves as the Associate Provost for Climate and Sustainability Programming and a Professor at […]
Sabin Faculty Affiliate Sarra Alqahtani on Making Agentic AI Safer Exciting news and foreboding warnings abound alongside the accelerated development of Artificial Intelligence these days. Multi-Agent AI (MAAI), which consists of networks of AI agents operating together in a dynamic environment, is no exception. Sabin […]
Sabin Fellow Farfan-Rios Shares Implications from Decades of Research In a recent explainer from our colleagues at Wake Forest News, Sabin Center Fellow William Farfan-Rios talks us through how Andes Amazon forests struggle to adapt to the challenges of climate change. With four decades of […]
Cassidy Coastal Conservation Fellowship Expands Student Funding Opportunities We are pleased to announce a new fellowship opportunity for undergraduate, professional, and graduate students: the Cassidy Coastal Conservation Fellowship. Thanks to the generosity of Lois Cassidy (‘70, BS Biology), the Sabin Center will be able to […]
Sabin Center Fellow’s TED Talk featured in “10 Ideas Changing the World in 2026” We’re honored to share that Wake Forest University’s Claudia Vega, a Sabin Center Fellow, has had her TED Talk named as one of TED’s “10 Ideas Changing the World in 2026.” […]
Twin Articles from Inside Climate News Tap Fernandez’s Expertise as Infrastructure Investments Accelerate Development in Peru Sabin Center Senior Fellow Luis Fernandez, Executive Director of CINCIA, has been cited in reporting on the destructive cycle fueled by illegal gold mining and the infrastructure that supports […]
Faculty Affiliate John Knox, Henry C. Lauerman Professor of International Law at Wake Forest University’s School of Law, and his colleague Dr. David R. Boyd, Associate Professor of Law, Policy and Sustainability, at the University of British Columbia, were honored last week for their work […]