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Thu, 17 Jun 2021Wernoch ’21 Working to Conserve the Chesapeake Bay
Rylee Wernoch ’21 has secured a position at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center through the Chesapeake Conservation Corps. In a position hosted by the Chesapeake Conservation Corps, Rylee Wernoch ’21 has joined a cohort of 30 recent college graduates who are working to conserve the Chesapeake Bay. Wernoch will work at the Smithsonian Environmental Research
Community Read Features HWS’ Year of Water
Geneva Reads, a community literacy group, hosts a Community Read each March. This year, in collaboration with Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Beth Kinne and the Year of Water, the book selected is “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes” by Dan Egan. The New York Times 2017 Book Club Pick discusses the past
Fisher Center Faculty Fellows on Climate, Culture and Literature
The Fisher Center for the Study of Gender and Justice hosts the first presentations by this year’s Faculty Fellows on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Robinson Murphy and Visiting Assistant Professor of English Taylor Brorby will address this year’s Fisher Center theme, “The Drowned World,” with their respective talks, “Climate Change and
Exhibition Openings at Davis Gallery
Two new art exhibitions were recently unveiled at a reception at the Davis Gallery at Houghton House. Recurrent: Prints & Artist’s Books by Amanda Maciuba is on display at the Davis Gallery at Houghton House until Friday, Feb. 28. Maciuba’s work is concerned with the landscapes, communities, development practices and environmental issues prevalent through the United States.
Geology of the Bahamas
On the island of San Salvador, 12 HWS students and 7 undergraduates from Winthrop University are conducting field research during the “Geology of the Bahamas” course with Professor of Geoscience Nan Crystal Arens and Professor of Geology at Winthrop University Diana Boyer. As one of the easternmost islands of the Bahamas, San Salvador is also