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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

ZOOM link

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
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