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Dr. Bob Thomas shared his insights with The U.S. Sun to help inform a story of an alligator found “waiting” at a bus stop in Florida, noting that the more alligators have contact with humans, the more accustomed they become to being around us.

Click here to read the article.

Adrienne Ingram ENVB'18, currently a science faculty member at Haas Hall Academy, was
chosen for the NSF-funded Arkansas Data Analytics Teacher Alliance (AR-DATA) program that
provides mathematics, computer science, and pre-engineering teachers with transformative
research experiences thematically centered on data analytics, especially engineering
applications towards smart and connected health, infrastructure, and community. This summer
she developed a curriculum that uses computer programming courses as a conduit for teaching

Joel MacClellan's article "Is Biocentrism Dead? Two Live Problems for Life-Centered Ethics", was recently published in the Journal of Value Inquiry. Biocentrism is the idea that environmental ethics should take a more wholistic approach, focusing on all living organisms rather than simply humanity. 

Read the article here.

Dr. Joseph Berendzen, Professor of Philosophy, published the book Embodied Idealism: Merleau-Ponty's Transcendental Philosophy with Oxford University Press in June 2023. The book presents a new interpretation of French philosopher Merleau-Ponty's early works. 

Olivia Guerra received the Environment Program Outstanding Research Award in Spring of 2023. This is awarded to a student who has made outstanding contributions to research in either Environmental Science or Environmental Studies. A student's outstanding work in their Capstone project is perhaps the best demonstration of this.

 

Congratulations Olivia!

Sydney Lowman received the Environment Program Outstanding Service Award in Spring 2023. This is awarded to a student who has made outstanding contributions to the many Environment program activities, projects, as well as engaging in many ways with the students, faculty and staff of the Environment Program, as well as to the Loyola Community and beyond.  

 

Congratulations Sydney!

Marie Haddad, a spring 2023 Environmental Studies graduate, has secured a job using the skills she learned in the GIS course only months after graduating! Her final project in the class was focused on environmental justice and air quality. She took temporal air quality data and interpolated it across the entire state to show estimates of concentrated pollution. She linked the pollution data to census data to investigate whether the areas were marginalized. 
 

Dr. Paul Barnes, a member of UNEP EEAP (United Nations Environmental Program Environmental Effects Assestment Panel), recently helped author a document answering common questions on ozone depletion, UV radiation and climate on humans and the environment. Read the full document below. 

 

Questions and Answers about the Effects of Ozone Depletion, UV Radiation, and Climate on Humans and the Environment

Here are the Seniors who presented their Capstone presentations in 2023 and the titles of their presentations and Capstone directors:

Molly Sullivan: La crimigración: centros de detención y el encarcelamiento masivo

(Capstone director: Dr. Pablo Zavala)

Alanna Olsen: Kume mongen: Practicas mapuches y la decolonización de la salud publica en Chile [Capstone & Honors Thesis] (Capstone director: Dr. Natán Henne)

As part of his ongoing book tour, Robert Verchick was featured on a Seattle morning TV talk show called “New Day Northwest.” 

Check out the interview here.

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