Polling just a tiny fraction of the Skidmore community reveals a wide range of reasons to be thankful this year:- Just as mammals evolved from fishy ancestors, land plants evolved from aquatic algae. How did plant cells manage the wet-to-dry transition? An NSF grant is helping a Skidmore scientist answer that question.
- Haiti's wretched year, with earthquake at the start of 2010 and a cholera epidemic now under way, has tested the efforts and endurance of the country's people and relief workers. Biology professor Sylvia Franke McDevitt (left) is one of two speakers who will present at the Dec. 8 program.
- The public is invited to participate in guided tours of this ecologically diverse area north of the main campus