Professor of Government Ted Eismeier is participating in a new 25-day program called "River Summer," a project sponsored by Barnard College and Pace University in affiliation with the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities.
According to Michelle Land, director of the
consortium and program director for the Pace Academy for
the Environment, the program strives to educate scientists and
professors about the Hudson River so that they may aid
in rebuilding it in the future. Through field trips and
lectures, River Summer participants have learned about the Hudson River School of
painting, written about their first time on the water and learned about the
river's archaeological sites, the redevelopment of waterfronts, its economics
and other topics. Albany, Catskill, Beacon, Piermont, Yonkers and Bear Mountain are among the
scheduled visits.
Eismeier, whose focus is on the politics of the river and how the Hudson is making a transition from an industrial to a post-industrial waterway, was featured in the Journal News article "Summer on the River."
Eismeier, who got muddy in the Piermont Marsh with his colleagues Sunday, said it was unlikely that he would have had the chance to enjoy a hands-on science experience if it weren't for River Summer. "It's an interdisciplinary perspective for me," Eismeier, said. "It's seeing science at work."
Thirty-six people from at least 22 institutions were expected to participate in the program. Over the course of the program, the groups of participants have focused on different areas of the river, ranging from the Adirondacks to the mid-Hudson to the New York Harbor.
