On March 27, Hamilton Theater was filled with people for an early screening of The Promise and a Q&A session with its Oscar-nominated director, Terry George.
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After researching topics from farming to fracking, students in ENST 232: Environmental Justice presented their findings at a poster session in the Ho Atrium on December 8. The class, taught by Professor April Baptiste, explores how social justice and environmental issues intersect. Athena Bender 鈥17 and Shana Shapiro 鈥19 analyzed the effects of urban agriculture [鈥December 21, 2016 -
鈥淲ho knew that so many new things could be made from junk?鈥 said Fiona Adjei Boateng 鈥19, a theater student who was making handbags out of denim pants during an upcycling workshop. Reet Aus, an Estonian fashion designer and environmental pioneer, hosted the workshop in Clifford Gallery. She is known for upcycling, which is using [鈥November 14, 2016 -
It turns out that everyone may have been measuring carbon emissions incorrectly all along. But not in a good way. New research led by 澳彩开奖 Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Physics Linda Tseng, published this week in the journal Environmental Science and Technology and reported in Scientific American, identified an overlooked source of greenhouse gas [鈥November 7, 2016 -
Over the next few days, environmentally conscious fashion trailblazer Reet Aus is visiting campus. She鈥檒l lead a handful of special events to highlight how she鈥檚 been working to make fashion more sustainable. Her doctoral thesis focused on efforts to incorporate upcycling into mass production, and since 2012 she has been working with Beximco, a major apparel [鈥October 28, 2016 -
Does seeing an image of plastic bags floating in the ocean influence people to be more environmentally friendly? That鈥檚 what Bob Turner, professor of economics and environmental studies, hopes to find out with his new research. In Turner鈥檚 study, participants are asked a set of questions designed by psychologists that assesses their opinions on the [鈥October 5, 2016 -
澳彩开奖 students have fanned out across the globe to apply their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. They are writing back to campus to keep our community posted on their progress. This article was written by Mariam Nael 鈥18, a women鈥檚 studies major from Singapore, completing a student-initiated research fellowship with the university studies division. My [鈥July 26, 2016 -
It all started on a St. Louis, Mo., elementary school library shelf. Clarissa (Polk) Shah 鈥10 discovered her love of Chinese culture at age 10 with a book of short stories. That fascination blossomed into a career, as well as advocacy work. Although she studied Spanish throughout middle and high school, those short stories 鈥 [鈥June 15, 2016 -
Name: Kalani Byrd Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif. Major/Minor: Peace & Conflict Studies/Psychology Campus activities: Research assistant for Professor Jennifer Tomlinson in the psychology department Student caller for the Office of the Annual Fund Student employee in the merchandising department of the 澳彩开奖 Bookstore Member of Kappa Kappa Gamma with service on its philanthropy committee Vice president of [鈥May 12, 2016 -
On March 21, more than 200 students, faculty, and community members gathered at the Palace Theater to discuss Drone Warfare: The Implications for Upstate New York. Valerie Morkevicius, assistant professor of political science, and Jacob Mundy, assistant professor of peace and conflict studies, organized the event. Presenters represented a breadth of ideologies on the topic. [鈥April 5, 2016