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Taking advantage of the campus’ natural resources, Hannah Katz ’21 and Asha Grossberndt ’21 began the first of many rounds of maple sugaring last week as part of their independent study in environmental studies.

A math major with an environmental studies minor, Rachel Pike ’21 saw data science as a natural combination of her interests, and a new course gave her a chance to confirm that. She enrolled in ENVST 206 Environmental Data Science.

In an essay titled Getting around anti-Democratic obstacles to addressing climate change, Professor of Government Peter Cannavò explains how a fundamental problem in our system of governance stands in the way of enacting climate change legislation.

Encouraging students’ curiosity about food, and fostering a recognition of humanity’s long relationship with food growing and production, motivated Jason Townsend, supervisor of introductory laboratories, to create Introduction to Science of Food. In the class, students complete hands-on projects where they grow, process, or create a food item of their choice.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Priya Chandrasekaran recently published an article about dueling forms of rural populism in the Journal of Rural Studies.

Charlotte “Charlie” Gutterman ’22 started her job as an arboretum intern a few weeks ago. Hannah Katz ‘21 sat down with her to talk about what that means and how she got involved.

With a grant from Hamilton, Charlotte Guterman ’22 spent a summer researching the colonization of the American landscape in art.

Since the spring, Professor of Government Peter Cannavò has presented several virtual talks on the topic throughout Central New York.

During one of their trips to a thrift shop, Sammy Johnson ’20 and Chad Varney ’22 had an idea that would become an upcycled clothing company they called Upcurl.

“I haven’t had the chance to get stuck knee-deep in the mud before.” Hamilton summer internship funding helps give students a variety of experiences which, for Robbie Rioux ’21, includes spending some time in the mud.