FEATURE STORIES
Game ON: Designing high-performing novel landscapes to tackle climate change
What if designing sustainable greenspace in your own neighborhood was a game—with points won for carbon sequestration, stormwater management, and heat relief? What if you could see your ideas take shape—and know how much they would likely cost—in a friendly competition with people in your community? Turning those “what ifs” into reality is the vision of SEAS Assistant Professors Mark Lindquist and Derek Van Berkel.
Incoming master’s student Julie Carter publishes study on public health and climate change in Michigan
Transforming an undergraduate honors thesis into a published paper is a praiseworthy—but seldom realized—ambition in academia, but that’s exactly what incoming master’s student Julie Carter (BS ’19) accomplished. The Program in the Environment grad is the lead author of “Assessing perceptions and priorities for health impacts of climate,” published in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences in April 2021.
Professor Kyle Whyte: Advocating for Indigenous People and Environmental Justice
As a newly appointed member of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, Kyle Whyte wants to elevate the voices of those most affected by pollution, climate change, and other environmental issues. It’s a welcome opportunity for Whyte, the George Willis Pack Professor at SEAS, who has long advocated for Indigenous people and their rights.
Alumni Updates
“Shots in Arms”: Zane Hadzick (MS ’12) Brings the COVID Vaccine to the Underserved in Maryland
As a Senior Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist, Zane Hadzick’s “day job” at FEMA Region 3 focuses on floodplain management. But from April until just before Memorial Day, Hadzick (MS ’12) was “boots on the ground in Maryland,” where he was assisting with COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
