This summer, the Global Change Center proudly celebrates the graduation of two exceptional students from the Interfaces of Global Change (IGC) Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program (IGEP).

These fellows have demonstrated a strong commitment to advancing solutions to complex environmental challenges through innovative research, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and science communication. As they complete their graduate journeys, each fellow leaves a mark on the IGC community and continues forward as a leader prepared to tackle the world’s most pressing global change issues.

 

Please join us in congratulating this semester's IGC IGEP graduates!

 
IGC Fellow

Noah McNeill

Nonbreeding Foraging Ecology of the Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla)

Defended on June 16, 2025

IGC Fellow

Sam Silknetter

Hierarchies of Biodiversity: Integrating Traits, Genes, and Landscapes to Understand Freshwater Vulnerability Across Scales

Defended on July 11, 2025

 

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The Interfaces of Global Change (IGC) program is an innovative interdisciplinary graduate education program offered by the Global Change Center designed to address the multidimensional aspects of global change (e.g., social, economic, environmental).  

Our PhD students come from around the world and form a vibrant interdisciplinary community of scholars learning to collaborate, engage stakeholders, and effectively communicate. Our alumni are in positions of influence in academia, NGOs, government, and the private sector in the U.S. and abroad, tackling wicked problems like climate change, biodiversity loss, and water pollution.