Name: Ryan Bronstein
Hometown: Ashland, KY
Major: Economics
Three topics that intrigue me: Marine Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Law
Most interesting news I have read recently: In DNA replication, the enzyme helicase spins at 10,000 rpm to unravel the double helix.
Name: Alyssa Cleveland
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
(Intended) Major: Environmental Science and Policy and Global Health
Three Topics that Intrigue Me: Tropical Biodiversity, Cultural Anthropology, and Ecology
Most Interesting Bit of News I read (heard) lately: the missing link to sending a man to the moon was Euler’s Method (Hidden Figures movie)
Name: Brielle Tobin
Hometown: Casper, Wyoming
Major: Undecided, perhaps Neuroscience BS
Intriguing topics: The changing nature of the Antarctic and Arctic, suicide prevention in Inuit populations, and how different areas of the world are responding to environment change
Most interesting bit of recent news: My hometown recently reached record setting low temperatures for this time of the year, around -33 degrees Fahrenheit. Needless to say, I stayed inside most of break.
Name: Margaret Overton
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Major: Psychology BS and Environmental Science and Policy minor
Three topics/ideas/issues that intrigue me: Child development, climate change/green energy, and college basketball
Most interesting bit of (fake) news I read today: This Clickhole article about how yawns are caused by ghosts putting their hands in people’s mouths
Name: Mary Osborn
Hometown: Durham, NC (Bull city born and raised)
Major: BS Biological Sciences, Masters of Arts in Teaching Class of 2017- Science Education
Three topics/ideas/issues that intrigue me: Science Education and Communicating Science, Sustainable Agriculture, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Most interesting bit of news I read today (or lately): There could be more than 3 properties of water…
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-have-discovered-new-state-matter-water-180961546/
Name: Brandon Foreman
Hometown: Highland Park, IL (Northern Chicago suburb)
Major: Mathematics & Economics
Three topics/ideas/issues that intrigue me: The recycling process, impact of waste on animals and their natural habitats, rainforests
Most interesting bit of news I read today (or lately): Chrysler used software to cheat on emissions tests
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Name: Amanda Starling Gould
Hometown: Jackson, MO (a tiny place in southeast Missouri)
Major: BA French & Italian, MA Writing and Publishing, PhD Literature & Media Studies
Three topics/ideas/issues that intrigue me: Environmental Humanities, Digital Environmental Media, Care-full living in the “Anthropocene”
Most interesting bit of news I read today (or lately): Reindeer help reduce climate change!
“Reindeer, say scientists, may alter Arctic landscapes in profound and climate-helpful ways. Their foraging habits change the tundra’s surface so that it reflects rather than absorbs sunlight. In other words, reindeer—or caribou, as they’re known in North America—apply sunscreen to an overheating planet.” via Anthropocene Magazine
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