Environmental sustainability

Photography class photos helped efforts to block Atlantic Coast Pipeline on sensitive sections of national forestland

by Bonnie Price Lofton

Striking photos taken by an Eastern Mennonite University professor and his students of a rarely seen, endangered salamander supported citizen lobbying that may have influenced a U.S. Forest Service decision
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Supporting scientists, graduate spends memorable season at frigid McMurdo Station in Antarctica

by Eric King with Lauren Jefferson

“Cold, windy and always light…” Eric King says of his temporary home in Antarctica, “as well as beautiful, mysterious, humbling and inspiring.” For King, a 2014 environmental sustainability graduate of
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Join the ‘Suter West’ campaign: Phase II renovations will host lab spaces, new engineering program and updated museum

by Lauren Jefferson

If a building could have a motto, Suter Science Center, named after longtime professor Dr. Daniel B. Suter, might have “Science, service, success” as its memorable catchphrase. Since its opening
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Student research on hypertension, caffeinated athletes and radio-tracked beetles rewarded at annual STEM symposium

by Lauren Jefferson

Kaylee Ferguson, a junior biology major, and Jared Fernandez, a second year master’s in biomedicine graduate student, took top honors at Eastern Mennonite University’s Annual STEM Student Research Symposium. Their
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Harrisonburg native and biology professor to talk about research with tuatara, a rare New Zealand reptile

by Lauren Jefferson

Harrisonburg native and biology professor Kristine Grayson comes to Eastern Mennonite University to present a Suter Science Seminar on a common problem for the conservation and management of endangered populations.
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When the Ebola outbreak limited travel, this environmental sustainability major made new internship plans

by Gee Paegar with Lauren Jefferson

Sometimes, the best-made plans fall apart. That’s what happened last summer to senior Gee M. Paegar, Jr., currently in his last semester of environmental sustainability and history studies at Eastern
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Environmental educator Blake Rogers helps residents learn and practice stewardship of Shenandoah Valley resources

by Brenna Cowardin

Blake Rogers has been involved with the Shenandoah Valley Soil and Water Conservation District (SVSWCD) since his days representing Turner Ashby High School in Envirothon, an academic contest focused on
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Junior Hannah Daley preps for grad school with NSF- sponsored summer lab research on caffeine and athletes

by Andrew Goodstein

Does caffeine provide a benefit to athletes? This deceptively simple question guided Hannah Daley’s research this summer. Daley, who is planning a career in environmental chemistry, is a junior double
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Author Todd Wynward shares a wild way of discipleship, more ‘earth-honoring, empire-resisting, despair-erasing’

by Lauren Jefferson

Wilderness lovers, sustainability advocates, farmers, writers, educators and seminarians – Todd Wynward’s message, shared during a series of events from Oct. 1-7 at Eastern Mennonite University, will appeal to anyone
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