Meet the 2016 Summer Research Fellows

Women writers and the wilderness: Student research projects to explore Adirondack connection The writer Joyce Carol Oates has frequently set many of her short stories and novels in the Adirondacks. Born in the upstate New York farming community of Lockport, Oates is intimately familiar with the landscape of her childhood. Sydney Paluch ’17 is spending […]

2014 Summer Research Fellow Jordan Pulling

Jordan is from Ballston Spa, NY and will be a senior at Union College this fall. She is an Environmental Science and French double major with a minor in Environmental Engineering. On campus, Jordan is involved in U-Sustain, the Green Fee Governance Committee, her Minerva house council, and the Crew team. Jordan was the fifth […]

2014 Summer Research Fellow Gabe Herrera

Gabe graduated from Skidmore College in May with a BA in Anthropology and minors in Environmental Studies and Spanish. He is looking to go into a field related to conservation, renewable energy, or environmental policy. Outside of his academic and professional interests, Gabe is an avid competitive cyclist, and obsessively follows American and English soccer […]