Congrats to Katie Rompf, ENVB '20, for all of her hard work this past year studying the natural history of brown widows. We have already learned so much about them and she starts another round of experiments this week. Here is the clip from a news story we recorded on Monday (Sept. 30) that aired on the 5pm news Tuesday (Oct. 1). Enjoy.
Dr. Hunter Cole will present her art at GLOW: An Illuminated Living Art Experience at the Zeitgeist Theatre on October 10, 2019 from 6:00-10:00 p.m. It will be a live, glowing, one-of-a-kind art experience! Walk into the darkened theatre illuminated by her never-before-seen art created with actual, living bioluminescent bacteria and interact with dancers glowing with bioluminescent bacteria. To read the article published for this event, click here.
Loyola College Democrats partnered with Benjamin Franklin High School’s Green Society and Loyola University's Environment Program to host a night of discussion and debate with state representatives from Districts 91 and 98. Students from Ben Franklin High School facilitated a forum focused on local environmental issues ranging from coastal restoration to renewable energy. Loyola College Democrats also hosted a debate later that night on a wider range of issues important to New Orleans voters for the candidates running in District 98.
The summer after my sophomore year of college, I traveled with Dr. Connie Rodriguez and a group
of other classical studies students as the first group to break ground on Castle Craig, a world
heritage site in Scotland (Figure 1). This experience kick-started my passion for archeology and
sparked my ambition to pursue a career in the field. During my junior year, I had the pleasure of
taking the Human Ecology course offered at Loyola. This class led me down the track of earning a
Dr. Bob was recently featured in a WWL interview by Nikki Davidson. He spoke on the recent explosion of the Brown Anole population in the New Orleans area and speculates on their origins. Click here to read the interview.
Dr. Aimée Thomas, director of the ENVA program was recently featured on a WWL radio program hosted by Tommy Tucker on September 3rd, 2019. Click here to listen to the program!
Dr. Aimée Thomas, director of the ENVA program was recently featured on a WWL radio program hosted by Tommy Tucker on August 28th, 2019. Click here to listen to the program!
Listen as Katie Rompf, ENVB ’20, shares her current research on brown widow spiders for the Crosstown Conversations show with host Jeanne Nathan on WBOK, 1230am in New Orleans, LA. Click to listen to her 15-minute interview. Congrats Katie!
Dr. Aimée Thomas, director of the ENVA program and her father Dr. Bob are featured in an article by WGNO writer Stephen Maloney on August 30th, 2019. The piece focuses on their rescue of none other than university president Tania Tetlow from an “enormous scary spider.” Click here to read the article!
Dr. Aimée Thomas, director of the ENVA program was recently featured on a WWL radio program hosted by Tommy Tucker on August 28th, 2019. Click here to listen to the program!