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January’s news highlights ranged from research on bay scallops to an essay on the importance of foreign language study. Links are provided, but some may require subscriptions to access content.

Three Hamilton environmental studies majors — Emily Benson ’23, Katie Tanner ’23, and Ellie Sangree ’24 — presented their research at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting in Chicago in December. The students were accompanied by Aaron Strong and Heather Kropp, assistant professors of environmental studies.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Aaron Strong recently presented an invited talk, titled “Carbon Neutrality Should Not Be the End Goal” at the Lund University Center for Sustainability Studies in Sweden.

As director of housing and neighborhood planning for the City of Syracuse, Cimone Jordan ’19 coordinates housing and code enforcement initiatives to help her hometown deal with blighted properties.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Aaron Strong and Chris Inkiow ’22 presented their research “Tax Policy Structures for Incentivizing Reforestation of Abandoned Agricultural Lands in New York State” to a Forest Tax Policy and Extension Working Group meeting organized by the U.S. Forest Service.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Aaron Strong and Emmett Orgass '21 gave an invited presentation to the Pacific Coast Collaborative's Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Symposium in Portland, Ore., on October 14.

With Glacier Bay National Park to the west and Tongass National Forest to the east, Kaitlyn Bieber ’23 and Olivia Chandler ’23 found a month-long home amidst the nation’s largest stretch of protected wilderness. But more importantly, the pair found answers for their two distinct Levitt Center research projects.

An article co-authored by Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Stephen Tomasetti appears in the Journal Environmental Pollution.

Qian Ren ’23 knows the value of a liberal arts education. An environmental studies and economics double major, she has fostered interdisciplinary skills that she hopes to use in the field of climate finance. This emerging field aims to support climate actions by drawing on public, private, and alternative sources of funding, according to the United Nations. But before she enters the profession, Ren has her eyes set on an MBA as a means to increase preparedness for her prospective career.

These two hockey goalies are gearing up to take on their master’s degrees. Sean Storr ’22 will be pursuing urban and environmental policy and planning at Tufts University. Gabrielle Venne ’22 will enroll at the University of Maine for a forest resources degree.