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Jason HamiltonAssociate ProfessorBiology
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Jason and Eleanor Lahr looking at the response of soybean leaf function to insect attack using a chlorophyll fluorscence imaging system that Jason helped develop.
Photo by Bill Truslow
Mondays & Thursdays: 12-1:00 p.m.
As announced on Intercom, the National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of approximately $150,000 to four faculty members in the School of Humanities and Sciences for their project, entitled "Multidisciplinary Sustainability Modules: Integrating STEM Courses".
The proposed project will create a framework for incorporating multidisciplinary projects in scientific education. Specifically, the project will focus on the rich set of problems encountered in sustainability in order to formulate how they can be tackled by students from different disciplines working collectively, iteratively, but not necessarily simultaneously, over a set of online tools for exchanging data, code, reports, and expertise. This award is effective June 1, 2009, and expires May 31, 2012.
The recently approved New Roots School has been approved and will open this September!
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Recent Presentations:
"What Is Sustainability and Where Did It Come From?" at Academic Enrichment Services/Office of Multicultural Affairs Summer Institute 2008. Ithaca College, July 2008.
This lecture served to build community and set the stage for academic immersion during this three-week program for new students.
"Envisioning a Sustainable Future: A Leadership Role for Higher Educations" at the FOCUS the Nation: Global Warniing Solutions for America seminar series. Rockland Community College. February 2008.
Sustainability. Is it just a buzz word? The latest feel-good idea? A new science? A unifying concept to envision a secure future? All of the above? Jason presented a thought-provoking look at the current state of people and our planet. He explored the evolution of sustainability and the role it plays in dealing with our current environmental, social, and economic dilemmas. The presentation ended with a discussion of how the concept of sustainability serves as a compass to help the RCC community move us, our institutions, and our country toward a more secure future.
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