Current Events & Announcements

New ENV Faculty Member - Welcome Professor Ryan Taylor to the Environmental Studies program! Prof. Taylor's expertise includes the use of GIS technology, natural resource management and policy, and freshwater stream processes. He will teach both GIS I and Intro to Environmental Science during the fall semester. Stop by his office (NS0036) and say hello.

ENV Faculty in the news - ENV Research Professor (retired) Dr. Barbara Rosenberg was in the news again. As an expert in biological weapons, she was interviewed following the recent developments in the 2001 anthax mail attack. Read the story here.

ENV Student Awards - ENV post-baccalaureate student Andrea Caruso was awarded $2,000 Theodore Gordon Flyfishers Founders Fund Scholarship by the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities. Andrea begins studying ecology in the graduate program at Fordham University.

Chris Cotroneo was awarded the 2007-2008 Outstanding Senior Award, based on his senior project research investigating fish diversity in the Great Swamp. He also worked full time and and found time for his family

This year's Outstanding Junior Award went to Diane Doesserich. The choice of Diane was based on her 4.08 GPA and her unique mentoring of younger ENV students.

2008 Natural Sciences Student Symposium - This forum for student research for their Senior Project was held on April 26th this year (9:00-1:30). The Symposium is modeled on annual meetings held by scientific research societies. Talks are 15 minutes, plus 5 minutes for questions. Click here for full abstracts of all talks.

Sustainable Living Week – The Second Annual Sustainable Living Week event, hosted by the Purchase Environmental Activists (PEA), went off without any waste (!) in April. The Week educated students, faculty, and staff about easy changes in lifestyle that help protect our environment.

Environmental Career and Graduate School Fair - The Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities is sponsoring a grad school and career fair for students. The fair was held on October 4, 2007 at Pace University, in Pleasantville, NY.

Purchase College signs on!! - President Thomas Schwarz signed the Presidents’ Climate Commitment in a ceremony on Wednesday, April 25^th. His endorsement of the PCC is part of a larger set of changes and policy initiatives designed to create a campus that functions in a more sustainable manner (including a push towards carbon neutrality).

Sustainability Committee - This campus-wide group, with student, faculty, and staff representation, is guiding change on campus to make operations more environmentally friendly. A website is in progress.

Graduation Pledge Alliance - This year, thanks to the hard work and dedication of Professor Nancy Zook, Purchase College will join hundreds of other colleges across the country as participants in the Graduation Pledge Alliance. We ask all graduating seniors to define themselves as socially and environmentally responsible.

The Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility states, "I pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve these aspects of any organizations for which I work."