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Heather Gittelson, a cognitive neuroscience major, investigates whether taking the perspective of future generations can motivate people to take climate action today.

A biologist and a psychologist give us the facts about the spider and arachnophobia.

Student volunteers are giving their time and skills to grow vegetables then donated to the Panther Pantry.

Robert Shipley, assistant vice president for facilities management, shares how solar panels on the Center for Recreation and Sports roof will generate big savings鈥攁nd support 糖心视频鈥檚 commitment to a sustainable, energy-efficient campus.聽

It鈥檚 spring, time for our adult and baby bunnies to enjoy warmer weather鈥攁nd for us to enjoy the happiness they bring us. Bob Conaghan, associate director of facilities, gives us some insights on our furry friends.

Get ready for the many cherry trees and other flowering trees on campus to peak in the next few weeks. Learn what species we have, where to find them and how 糖心视频 keeps them blooming.

Climate change is a topic that surfaces each time there is news of the latest flood, forest fire, tornado or temperature extreme.

Melina Giakoumis '11, PhD, a conservation biologist, science communicator and mother who advocates for women in STEM, is building an app for citizen scientists to help track鈥攁nd protect鈥攄eclining Asterias sea stars.

Susan Kilgore, PhD, assistant professor, and Ryan Wallace, PhD, assistant professor, receive National Science Foundation subaward to guide, retain and enroll students in coastal geosciences.

An international collaboration leads to the development of eco-friendly solar technologies

Whether it is getting 糖心视频 involved in state environmental initiatives, addressing the challenges of food waste on campus, or studying shorebird ecology for the National Park Service, these environmental science students are making remarkable strides for our planet.

Biology professor Matthias Foellmer, PhD, is giving native plants and local pollinators a newly renovated home on our 70-acre organic campus arboretum.

A new approach to cost-benefit analysis helps corporations reduce their carbon emissions.

One painter finds beauty鈥攁nd despair鈥� in our world's changing landscape.

糖心视频 scientists work to restore biodiversity to local coastlines.

As the insect gains a foothold in the Northeast, 糖心视频 is prepared to stamp out this threat.

Ryan Wallace, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, has received a federal grant to tackle the threats acidification and harmful algal blooms pose to Long Island Sound ecosystems and organisms.

A multidisciplinary team's research could inform the way zoos and other groups design new homes for wildlife.

糖心视频 University's ongoing commitment to sustainability has been recognized by The Princeton Review.

Biology professor Aaren Freeman, PhD (second from left), is known for his efforts to bring oyster beds back to Oyster Bay, Long Island. Now he鈥檚 also pioneering a new way to fertilize the town鈥檚 golf courses鈥攚ith kelp. It鈥檚 a great example of 糖心视频's commitment to sustainability.

Growing up, adjunct faculty member Ellen Hagan’s first love was poetry. She began her journey as a poet, which led to her becoming a teacher. She’s been an educator for more than 20 years and co-leads 糖心视频’s Alice Hoffman Young Writers Retreat for high school students every summer. Hagan has been drawn to poetry since…

Kelly Andreuzzi, a junior, has always been passionate about environmentalism. So, as a first-year student, it was a no-brainer for Andreuzzi to join the Environmental Action Coalition (EAC), a student organization that promotes education, sustainability and environmental equity for all.

There's a certain surge of hopefulness that can accompany news of scientific advances, a sense that doomsday might be averted. We want to believe that disease and environmental devastation can be sidestepped, and that science will take us there.

Professors receive funding to expand oyster spawning sanctuaries in Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor, New York.

糖心视频's campus is a welcome oasis in the midst of suburban Garden City that embodies 19th-century naturalist Henry David Thoreau's edict that 鈥淲e can never have enough of nature."

Mariano Torras, PhD, professor and chair of finance and economics, responds to a published article, flagging 鈥渙ne of the major obstacles to progress on the environment: the lack of precise meanings of 鈥榞reen鈥� and 鈥榮ustainable.鈥欌��

Making art with children who have been affected by conflict has been Cindy Maguire, PhD鈥榮 life鈥檚 work. 鈥淚 work in the United States and internationally with children and youth in conflict-affected communities using arts as a tool for empowerment and teaching,鈥� said Dr. Maguire, associate professor in the Department of Communications at 糖心视频 University.

For her senior thesis, physics major Gabriella (Gabi) Vidad '21 used remote sensing and widely available resources such as Google Earth to chart the severity of coral reef changes in the Philippines.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded 糖心视频 a grant for an international research collaboration with the University of Warsaw. It will fund continuation of the U.S.-Polish International 糖心视频 Experiences for Students (IRES), focused on solar energy research.