 Alejandra Jaramillo '06, a double major in environmental science and policy and biology, traveled to Alaska and British Columbia to assist conservation efforts designed to protect the threespine stickleback.
The HERO program provides funding for undergraduate research focusing on environmental issues in the Worcester area. Professor Gil Pontius and HERO fellows Jeff Malanson '03, Nicholas Malizia '05, Jamie Mohr '05, Patrick Morris '03, and Jessica Schifano (WPI '05) describe their research goals.
Laran Kaplan and junior Matthew Chmielewski have literally been "getting their feet wet" in Biology 201: Ecology of Atlantic Shores. The course, co-taught by biologists Todd Livdahl and Deborah Robertson, is field based, incorporating trips to Northeastern University's Marine Science Center in Nahant, Massachusetts and the Bermuda Biological Station for Research in St. George, Bermuda.
In a interview, Diana Huffaker '03, who studied geography, and Emily Shusas '02, who studied Environmental Science and Policy, discussed their participation in Gil Pontius's research on land use change in Massachusetts.
Rachel Regeczi '03, who studied geography and studio art with a concentration in Environment and Society spent two summers assisting Drs. Rocheleau and Malaret with their bioecology research in New York state's Adirondack region.
Ethan Moore '02 and Professor Dale Hattis collected data for a federally funded project focusing on visitor safety in United States National Parks.
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