Welcome to the ESS Blog

By E. Melanie DuPuis

This is the place where we will tell stories about the Environmental Studies and Science Department and the work of its students, staff, and faculty. I invite you to write for this space, to tell us what you are doing — environmentally — in the Department and in the world.

E. Melanie DuPuis

E. Melanie DuPuis

Professor, Environmental Studies and Science, Pace University

Recent Posts

Presenting at the Pace University Spring Research Conference

Presenting at the Pace University Spring Research Conference

Students from the class Soils and Society: The Critical Zone (ENV 297T) presented at the Pace University Spring Research Conference, discussing their unique environmental studies course that examines soil as both a scientific and metaphorical framework for understanding environmental justice, labor, and identity.

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Banning the Sale of the Red-Eared Slider

Banning the Sale of the Red-Eared Slider

Students from Pace University’s Animal Advocacy Clinic drafted legislation in early May— now introduced in the New York State Legislature, that would prohibit the breeding, sale, and trade of the invasive red-eared slider turtle.

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