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Congratulations to Dr. Madison Silverstein for presenting her research at the 33rd Great New York Conference on Behavioral Research. Her research explored the perceptions of AI in psychotherapy across race/ethnicity and income.

HOWL! Katie Buc, ENVB'26, was named an Everyday Hero by Keep Louisiana Beautiful by winning the Collegiate Environmental Steward Award for her endless fight against litter. Katie is an Environmental Justice Scholar and champions litter reduction through her recycling efforts on campus. Her passion and enthusiasm to reduce waste have made Loyola a better place in the two years she has been on campus. We look forward to seeing the impact she makes next!

The Environment Program would like to congratulate Dr. Aimee Thomas for the publication of her article, "Naturalists' Technology Use Supports Nature Education". The article was recently published in the Journal of Interpretation Research, a journal for novel research in informal science education.

Dr. Heinecke was selected to give a research talk to a national audience at the ACS meeting in New Orleans this March. She spoke on the "Role of alkali metal counterions on size of para-mercaptobenzoic acid capped gold clusters." Co-authors include Loyola students Elysse June, Elisse Ward-Dones, Noor F. Cheema, and Sarah G. McMahon. Congratulations, Dr. Heinecke!

During this semester's Late Nights at Loyola, 34 Loyola student volunteers from SEA, HPO, WiSTEM, and Bioinquiry hosted students from Anna's Place NOLA. Volunteers helped promote knowledge and further interests in science!

Dr. Joel MacClellan, Philosophy, was appointed by Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng to the Ethics and Compliance Commission. Dr. MacClellan was selected from a pool of candidates supplied by President Xavier Cole.

Dr. Casanova wrote a news media piece for Autism Parenting Magazine titled, "Some Prehistoric DNA May Play a Role in Autism." This study looks at the role of rare DNA variants in various human conditions, including autism. If you are interested in reading the article please contact Dr. Casanova at elcasano@loyno.edu!

 

Lucy McCain attended the CMERA shark and ray research program last year. Through this program, she was able to get experience with hands-on research. See what Lucy had to say about the program below:

 

Dr. Joel MacClellan, the director of the Environment Program and an assistant professor of philosophy, was recently a guest on the podcast Sentientism. In this episode, Professor MacClellan talks about his latest publications, which focus on the intersection of ethics, animals, and the environment.

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