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Join the New Orleans Sierra Club and the Students for Environmental Action (SEA) for a special educational event on Sunday, November 10, in Room 402 of the Communication and Music Building on Loyola’s Main Campus, 6301 St. Charles Ave. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and light refreshments will be available., Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Marshall will speak at 7:00 p.m., followed by a Q&A session. Parking will be available in the West Road parking garage and the Horseshoe to the right of the Holy Name of Jesus Church.
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.
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.
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:
Congratulations to Dr. Bucolo on his recognition by Loyola University for his research project "Photosynthetic Contributions of Specific Algal Blooms throughout Lake Pontchartrain".
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.
Congratulations to Dr. Bob Thomas for discussing the environmental effects of Mylar Balloons with 4WWL News. To read more on the published article, click here!
Way to go Wolfpack! In just 5 months the Loyola community has kept nearly 5,000 pounds of glass out of the landfill allowing it to be recycled into material for disaster prevention and relief, coastal restoration and eco-construction. This is made possible through the efforts of Keep Loyola Beautiful (a university affiliate of Keep Louisiana Beautiful) and local recycler Glass Half Full.