Mon, 01/25/2021
LAWRENCE Acclaimed writer, professor and scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer will give the 2021 Kenneth A. Spencer Lecture at 7 p.m. April 1. The event will be broadcast live.
A member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Kimmerer is known for the universal teachings offered in her 2015 book, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants. She is an SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, where she is the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, whose mission is to create programs that draw on the wisdom of indigenous and scientific knowledge to offer lessons for humanity. Kimmerer’s first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing, and it explores systems and communities of different moss species, sharing observations of these tiny creatures that can teach humans about their own p
acerbone@adirondackdailyenterprise.com In Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed 2022 Executive Budget, the state Department of Environmental Conservation would get $1.8 billion in new appropriations an 11% increase with most Adirondack programs’ funding staying level. The funding does not include new forest rangers or other staff but allots $800,000 for High Peaks overuse abatement, plus hundreds of millions for statewide clean water and green programs. “Given that this is a very tough budget year, given that there’s a lot of unknowns about what support may or may not come from Washington, the governor has put forth a budget that is consistent with the past few years for Adirondack priorities,” Protect the Adirondacks Executive Director Peter Bauer said. “Given the challenging times that we’re in, we think that the funding the governor has proposed makes sense.”
Ikeji-Arakeji (Osun), Jan. 18, 2021 No fewer than 21 students bagged First Class honours, as the Joseph Ayo Babalola University (JABU), Ikeji-Arakeji Osun State, graduates 430 students from its seven colleges and various academic programmes.
Prof. Kola Sonaike, the Vice Chancellor, stated this on Monday at a press conference, ahead of the institution’s 11th convocation scheduled for Friday.
Sonaike noted that 395 students would receive first degree certificates, comprising 21 First Class honours, 181 Second Class Upper, 157 Second Class Lower and 36 Third Class, respectively.
He added that four students would be honoured with postgraduate diplomas, while 31 others would receive Masters Degrees.
“For first degrees , 83 of the graduating students come from the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences , 24 from the College of Environmental Sciences, 95 from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 70 from the College of Law and 123 from the College of Management Science
Local residents promoted at Barton & Loguidice
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Barton & Loguidice, an engineering, planning, environmental and landscape architecture firm, recently promoted Nicole Cleary, of Canandaigua, and Darik Jordan, of Victor, to senior project landscape architect and senior project manager, respectively, in the Rochester office.
Cleary received her bachelor’s degree from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. She is a member of the firm’s Sustainable Planning and Design Practice Area.
Jordan received his Bachelor of Science in environmental health and safety management from Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a member of the firm’s Environmental Practice Area.