2020-2021 Capstone Presentations
Please join Seniors in the Environmental Studies and Sciences Program for ESS Capstone Presentations LIVE via ZOOM from the Filene Recital Hall
Date: Wednesday, May 5
Time: 9 – 11:30 am
Meeting ID: 614 499 9581
Research presentations will include the following exciting topics:
9 a.m.
Opening Introduction – Welcome!
9:15 a.m.
Exploring Biological Degradation of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Commonly Found
in Waste Water
(Ruthann Richards & Mateo Schwartz-Torres)
9:30 a.m.
The Home of the Future is the One You Already Own: Expanding Home Energy-Efficiency
Incentives in Saratoga County
(Ben Burns, Teddy Heroux, Jack Lipson & JC Mueller)
9:45 a.m.
Environmental Justice is Exhausting: 5 Decades of Air Pollution at Ezra Prentice Homes
in Albany New York
(Haja Bah, Saima Hannan, Sophia Livecchi)
10 a.m.
Brief Break
10:15 a.m.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Adirondack Park
(Olivia Berson, Andres Durante & Lucy Janovitz)
10:30 am.
Bringing Nature Indoors and Online: Outcomes of Teaching Ecological Literacy to 5th
Graders During a Pandemic
(Jonah Amron, Parker Heuer & Jenny Norcross)
10:45 a.m.
“Plastics-Free” Skidmore? A Feasibility Study of Skidmore College Going Single-Use
Plastics Free
(Sarah Baker, Matt Cocchi & Hannah Paolucci)
11 a.m.
Food Resiliency and the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York’s Capital District
(Sam Blumenthal, Taylor Goodell, Siddharth Nizamuddin & Lauren Winkler)
11:15 a.m.
Yellow Snow Is the Least of Your Worries: The Presence and Persistence of PFOA on
Ski Hills in Upstate NY
(Jacob Adams, Gillian Brogan, Elle Ping & Sammi Smith)
11:30 a.m.
Concluding comments
Faculty Directors:
- Kurt Smemo
- A.J. Schneller