Environmental sustainability Archives

Douglas Wrenn ’02, environmental and resource economics professor, speaks on fracking

September 21, 2017Last updated September 25, 2017 by EMU communications staff

Dr. Douglas H. Wrenn, assistant professor of environmental and resource economics at Penn State University, will speak Thursday, Oct. 5, as part of the Longacre Business and Economics Lecture Series

Water issues in Kenya on tap for first Suter Science Seminar with Professor Doug Graber Neufeld

September 15, 2017Last updated September 21, 2017 by EMU communications staff

In the first of six Suter Science Seminars this fall at Eastern Mennonite University, Eastern Mennonite University biology professor Doug Graber Neufeld will discuss sustainable solutions to water-related challenges in

Student-scientists investigate Bergton watershed’s canopy cover and water quality

September 8, 2017Last updated September 13, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Building on water quality research of three Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) professors, recent graduate Hannah Daley and senior Amanda Williams concluded a summer of data collection in the Bergton area

Fall 2017 Suter Science Seminars

September 7, 2017Last updated September 7, 2017 by EMU communications staff

With topics ranging from extreme precipitation to medicine to neuropsychology, a variety of expert scientists will present insights this fall in seven Suter Science Seminars at Eastern Mennonite University. The

Collecting salamander DNA, intern gets ‘crash course’ in modern field biology

August 22, 2017Last updated August 23, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Finding and catching salamanders might look like something Eastern Mennonite University senior Cerrie Mendoza would have done as a science-loving child, but in reality, amphibian hide-and-seek was just one aspect

From the Atlantic to the Pacific: Summer bike ride both ‘grueling’ and ‘exhilarating’

August 10, 2017Last updated August 14, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The trip began with the traditional dipping of back tires in the Atlantic Ocean at Rehoboth Beach in Delaware. It ended 59 days later in the Pacific at Lincoln City,

EMU puts six on VaSID Academic All-State Team

July 7, 2017Last updated July 7, 2017 by James De Boer

Six EMU student-athletes have been named to the Academic All-State Team by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID). A total of 217 student-athletes representing 34 colleges and universities in the

Grad School Q & A: James Souder ’13, studying at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

July 6, 2017Last updated July 6, 2017 by Moderator

James Souder graduated from Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in 2013. He majored in environmental and social sustainability, with minors in photography, biology, economics and international development. He is now pursuing

Tributes from faculty and staff to 2017 Cords of Distinction recipients

May 22, 2017Last updated September 22, 2017 by Compiled by Bernadette Griffith

Ten graduating seniors were honored as Cords of Distinction recipients in a ceremony held Saturday afternoon, April 29, 2017 at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Faculty, staff and fellow students nominated

Cords of Distinction awarded to 10 graduating seniors from the class of 2017

April 29, 2017Last updated May 22, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Ten graduating seniors were honored as Cords of Distinction recipients in a ceremony Saturday afternoon, April 29, 2017 at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Faculty, staff and fellow students nominated the