environmental studies
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Geology students travel the globe to examine climate change
William Harmon Norton Professor of Geology Rhawn Denniston has students working across the globe this summer on his long-running climate research.
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Build up your experiences
Mari Dettweiler ʼ19 is an environmental studies major with a focus in conservation biology and stats and a double minor in biology and English. She fell in love with the Hilltop on her first visit to Cornell College.
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Local food pioneer to speak at Cornell
A pioneer of the local food movement will speak at Cornell College on Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hall-Perrine Room of Thomas Commons.
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Fellows prepare for trips to South Africa, Ethiopia
Cornell Fellows are gearing up for trips across the globe during Blocks 6 and 7.
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Peace Corps sends Pierson to Paraguay
Carly Pierson ’17 majored in Environmental Studies and now her passion for the environment will take her to Paraguay with the Peace Corps.
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Workshop connects food choices to climate change
When you sit down to eat, what you’re gobbling up could be having an impact on the climate.
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Cornell receives grant to support STEM education for students with financial need
The National Science Foundation (NSF) just announced that it has awarded Cornell College a grant for almost $650,000 to support students with financial need who are entering a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) field of study. The grant establishes the Cornell College “Mentoring Students to Success in STEM Fields” program, which will provide students […]
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Cornell College students explore prairies to discover answers to declining monarch population
Four Cornell College students are studying milkweed and monarchs for their summer research to better understand issues revolving around the monarch population.
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Grant allows Denniston and team to pursue climate research
Denniston, professor of geology and chair of environmental studies, is lead investigator on the research project. The grant money will go to four institutions. Among them, Cornell College will receive $104,085 of the three-year grant, which is worth a total of $358,417.
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Schillerstrom studies warblers in South Carolina during summer fellowship
Senior Nolan Schillerstrom spent ten weeks in South Carolina studying the nesting and territorial behavior of prothonotary warblers during a Cornell Fellowship with the Audobon Center at the Francis Beidler Forest.
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Chemistry seminar: Sustainable Chemistry: Re-thinking chemicals
Prof. George Kraus from Iowa State University presented on the field of green chemistry.
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“Monarchs….Missing in your Garden?”
Monarch Watch Conservation Specialist Debbie Jackson presented on April 12 about the life cycle, migration, and efforts across the country to reestablish monarch populations.
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SIG Talk “Studying the Past, Defining the Future”
Dr. John D. Orcutt in the department of Geology presented “Studying the Past, Defining the Future: Mammals and Their Environments in the Ice Age and the 21st Century.”
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Herb Hendriks ’40, 1918-2014
Herbert E. Hendriks ’40, emeritus professor of geology, died March 11 in Cedar Rapids. He was 96.
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Eagle Week: Conservation presentations
The Eagle Week conservation presentations kick off at 11 a.m. on Feb. 19 with an informal presentation from Environmental Club’s Biodiversity working group. There will be a screening of “The Condor’s Shadow” at 4 p.m. on Feb. 20. The week’s event will conclude Feb. 21 with presentations from Saving Our Avian Resources, who will be […]
Geology students travel the globe to examine climate change 
Build up your experiences 
Local food pioneer to speak at Cornell 
Fellows prepare for trips to South Africa, Ethiopia 
Peace Corps sends Pierson to Paraguay 
Workshop connects food choices to climate change 
Cornell receives grant to support STEM education for students with financial need 
Cornell College students explore prairies to discover answers to declining monarch population 
Grant allows Denniston and team to pursue climate research 
Schillerstrom studies warblers in South Carolina during summer fellowship 
Herb Hendriks ’40, 1918-2014