Internal Research

The School addresses a comprehensive set of sustainable development issues such as food security, poverty, inequality, water management, industrial ecology, sustainable engineering and urbanization.

SoGES is developing into a significant transformative force nationally and internationally. It is serving as an overarching program to catalyze faculty from every college into fruitful research teams, leverage their strengths in new powerful ways, build partnerships and engage them to address the many aspects of world problems, even when resources are tight.

The enthusiasm for the SoGES Faculty panels on managing the planet, the strength of the new research projects, and the sharp increases in enrollment in sustainability courses at the undergraduate level are indicators of the changing academic cultures within the university.

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LIZ NEELEY – Director of Science Outreach at Compass

Liz Neeley is the Assistant Director of Science Outreach for COMPASS. She helps develop and lead communications trainings for scientists, including the prestigious Aldo Leopold Leadership Program. Liz specializes in the social media and multimedia components of COMPASS trainings and outreach efforts. Before joining COMPASS, she studied the evolution and visual systems of tropical reef fishes at Boston University. After grad school, she helped communities and researchers in Fiji and Papua New Guinea connect their knowledge of local coral reefs ecosystems to the media. She gained experience in international science policy while working on trade in deep-sea corals. Liz is currently based in Seattle, and is affiliate staff at the University of Washington, where she teaches science communication for graduate students.

Picture of Liz Neeley

LIZ NEELEY – Director of Science Outreach at Compass

Liz Neeley is the Assistant Director of Science Outreach for COMPASS. She helps develop and lead communications trainings for scientists, including the prestigious Aldo Leopold Leadership Program. Liz specializes in the social media and multimedia components of COMPASS trainings and outreach efforts. Before joining COMPASS, she studied the evolution and visual systems of tropical reef fishes at Boston University. After grad school, she helped communities and researchers in Fiji and Papua New Guinea connect their knowledge of local coral reefs ecosystems to the media. She gained experience in international science policy while working on trade in deep-sea corals. Liz is currently based in Seattle, and is affiliate staff at the University of Washington, where she teaches science communication for graduate students.

Picture of Liz Neeley

LIZ NEELEY – Director of Science Outreach at Compass

Liz Neeley is the Assistant Director of Science Outreach for COMPASS. She helps develop and lead communications trainings for scientists, including the prestigious Aldo Leopold Leadership Program. Liz specializes in the social media and multimedia components of COMPASS trainings and outreach efforts. Before joining COMPASS, she studied the evolution and visual systems of tropical reef fishes at Boston University. After grad school, she helped communities and researchers in Fiji and Papua New Guinea connect their knowledge of local coral reefs ecosystems to the media. She gained experience in international science policy while working on trade in deep-sea corals. Liz is currently based in Seattle, and is affiliate staff at the University of Washington, where she teaches science communication for graduate students.

Picture of Liz Neeley

LIZ NEELEY – Director of Science Outreach at Compass

Liz Neeley is the Assistant Director of Science Outreach for COMPASS. She helps develop and lead communications trainings for scientists, including the prestigious Aldo Leopold Leadership Program. Liz specializes in the social media and multimedia components of COMPASS trainings and outreach efforts. Before joining COMPASS, she studied the evolution and visual systems of tropical reef fishes at Boston University. After grad school, she helped communities and researchers in Fiji and Papua New Guinea connect their knowledge of local coral reefs ecosystems to the media. She gained experience in international science policy while working on trade in deep-sea corals. Liz is currently based in Seattle, and is affiliate staff at the University of Washington, where she teaches science communication for graduate students.