2023 Environmental Science/Sustainability Studies Spring Banquet

602 North 20th Street,Omaha NE 68102

14 April, 2023

Description

The annual Spring dinner of the Environmental Science and Sustainability Programs in the Creighton University College of Arts and Sciences, with special recognition of the graduating seniors in both programs. Guest Speaker this year is Jesse Bell, the Claire M. Hubbard Professor of Water, Climate, and Health in the Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the School of Natural Resources within the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is also the director of the Water, Climate and Health Program at UNMC and the director of Water, Climate and Health at the University of Nebraska’s Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute. His expertise and research are focused on understanding the impacts of changes in the environment and climate on natural and human processes. Before coming to UNMC, Dr. Bell developed and served as the first individual to hold an interagency position between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He was a lead author for the U.S. Global Change Research Program report “The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment” that was released by the White House in 2016. He also served on the White House Pandemic Prediction and Forecasting Working Group and assisted with a project focused on forecasting dengue fever outbreaks. Dr. Bell is a reviewer for the annual Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change and a contributing author on the United Nations Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) Working Group report titled, “Thinking ahead: Drought resilience and COVID-19”. He is also serves as a Faculty Fellow for the National Strategic Research Institute. Dr. Bell received his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma and is a native Nebraskan. Dr. Bell's talk is titled, "Addressing Environmental Health Issues in Nebraska." Join us for an evening celebrating our seniors, our facutly, and the Environmental Science and Sustainability Programs.