January 2024. Graduate and undergraduate students published data collected in Panama during the Tropical Ecology course in 2022. Portmann, J.M.*, Davenport G.H.**, Starinchak B.H.*, Griscom, H.P. 2024. A preliminary assessment of water quality in silvopastoral systems of Panama’s dry tropical forest. Neotropical Biology and Conservation. 19(2).
October 2023. Graduate student, Christian Brown, published a second paper on his master's thesis in Restoration Ecology. Assessing red spruce restoration potential under current and future predicted climate change in Virginia. Restoration Ecology. 31(8).
June 2023. Graduate students published a paper from their work in Forest Ecology ('FA21). Portmann*, J., Gillen*, S., Starinchak* B, Griscom, H. 2023. Case Study on Blacks Run: A Novel Approach to Assessing Urban Stream Restoration. Urban Naturalist Notes, Vol 10. Issue 6.
April 2023. Bela Starinchak won best poster in the JMU Graduate Showcase.
April 2023. Griscom and graduate student, Seth McMullough, were awarded a 4VA grant.
March 2023. Nina Ravel offered an REU SERC summer internship in watershed science lab.
January 2023. Seth McMullough, was awarded a grant from the Pure Water Forum
August 2022. Christian Brown ('22) published the first of two papers from his graduate thesis research in Ecological Modelling. Brown, C., Griscom, H. Differentiating between distribution and suitable habitat in ecological niche models: A red spruce (Picea rubens) case study. 472.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110102
April 2022. Jacob Peters ('20) published his graduate thesis research in Natural Areas Journal. Peters, J., Griscom, H. Highlighting an Overlooked Hotspot for American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) in Virginia. Natural Areas Journal, 42(2):109-119. URL: https://doi.org/10.3375/21-2
April 2022. Jacob Peters ('22) accepted into PhD program at Yale University, School of the Environment.
March 2022 Christian Brown ('22) accepted in PhD program at University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology.
January 2021. Griscom awarded the Cinquegrana Presidential Chair of Faculty Teaching Excellence and Research award to conduct research with students in Spring/Summer 2022. Griscom and student team will investigate the long-term sustainability of silvopastoral restoration projects in Virginia and Panama.
September 2020. Griscom was co-author on a paper published in Nature.
March 2020. Cecilia Rogers ('18) was accepted into the graduate program at Yale School of The Environment.
March 2020. Cassie Stark ('18) was accepted into a graduate program at Penn State.
March 2020. Anna Nordseth ('17) was awarded an NSF GRF for her proposal dissertation project on primates and seed dispersal in Panama.
February 2020. Taylor Evans was awarded a grant from Trees Virginia for his thesis project on American Chestnuts.
October 2019. Cecilia Rogers ('18) published her honor's thesis project! Rogers, C., Griscom, H. 2019 The ecology of a rare species, Solanum conocarpum in St. John, USVI. Caribbean naturalist. 69: 1-12.
August 2019. Emily Thyroff ('16) published her honor's thesis project! Thyroff, E, Griscom. H.2019. Experimental Study of Soil and Aspect on American Ginseng in an Appalachian Cove Ecosystem. Natural Areas Journal. 39(3): 378-383
April 2019. Zoe Bergman ('19) won 1st place for best poster in Ecological Research at ASB. Jacob Peters was awarded the Dr. Norlyn L. Bodkin Scholarship for Arboretum and Botanical Field Studies and outstanding 1st year graduate award.
January 2019: Jacob Peters won "People's Choice" 3 minute thesis competition.
October 2018: Zoe Bergman won third place for best poster at LTER All Scientists Meeting
June 2018: Chris Coggin was awarded $9,000 for his thesis research from the ROOSA fund.
May 2018: Zoe Bergman was accepted into the REU program at Arizona State April 2018: Tyler Kovacs was awarded the outstanding 1st year graduate award. Cecilia Rogers was awarded the Dr. Norlyn L. Bodkin Scholarship for Arboretum and Botanical Field Studies and the Margaret A. Gordon Memorial Scholarship for research. Cassie Stark was accepted into the REU program at Michigan State.