ESS Student Wins Dyson College Scholastic Achievement Award
Ying Xin (Winnie) Zhao ’20, Environmental Science graduating student, won the Dyson College Scholastic Achievement Award. This award is given to a graduating student who excelled in scholarship, effectiveness in class discussions, research, and general performance in a baccalaureate degree program. Winnie worked as a mentor to teens in a virtual part-time summer internship through the Fresh Air Fund in their National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) – Environmental Education credentialing program.
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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.
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.