Pictured: Log Lunch speaker Sharon Lewis smiles at the camera. For the first Log Lunch after spring break on April 8, the Williams community gathered to hear from Sharon Lewis, Executive Director of the Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice (CCEJ). In addition to leading the CCEJ, Sharon chairs the… Continue reading »
Pictured: Log Lunch lecturer Allison Gill smiles at the camera. March 11 marked biology professor Allison Gill’s first Log Lunch lecture to a packed room of students and faculty, who turned out en masse for her talk “Afterlife of Leaves: Effects of Anthropogenic Nitrogen Fertilization on Plant Litter Decomposition… Continue reading »
Pictured: The lecture poster. Dr. Anthony Ryan Hatch, associate professor and Chair of the Science in Society Program at Wesleyan University, presented his talk “Fighting Metabolic Dominance: Theories and Strategies for Regime Change” on March 8 as part of the Class of 1960 lectures in Environmental Studies. Hatch offered his… Continue reading »
Pictured: Log Lunch lecturer Dr. Tanja Srebotnjak smiles at the camera. On March 4, the Log Lunch community gathered to learn about the future of sustainability at Williams from Dr. Tanja Srebotnjak, director of the Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives at Williams. After a long career in… Continue reading »
Pictured, left to right: Log Lunch lecturer Jake Zieminski and local beef farmer Averill Cook smile at the camera. On Friday, February 18, the Log Lunch community reunited for their first full, delicious meal together after a January Covid-19 related-hiatus. Over a meal of beet and kale salad, flatbreads,… Continue reading »
Pictured, from left to right: Kate Desormeau and Mohammed Memfis on the lecture poster. The first 1960s Scholars seminar and lecture of the spring semester kicked off on February 15 with a talk by Williams alumni Kate Desormeau ‘02 and Mohammed Memfis ‘21. Entitled “Arguing for the Future: Case… Continue reading »
Pictured, left to right: Keenan Chenail, member of the Williams Strategic Planning group; Tamar Warburg, guest presenter and Director of Sustainability at Sasaki; Dorothy MacAusland ’12, Sasaki-Williams campus planning team member; Sarah Gardner, Associate Director of the Center for Environmental Studies. The first Log Lunch of the… Continue reading »
January 2022 Dear CES Alumni and Friends, The Center for Environmental Studies is seeking environmental internship opportunities for our students. CES has funding for students for unpaid environmental summer internships and research positions, and your help in connecting them to organizations is much appreciated. Please send along summer postings at the… Continue reading »
Left to right: Quincy Powers ’22, Lyza Berg ‘21.5, and Huijun Huang ’22 smile for the camera after their Log Lunch presentation. A trio of Environmental Planning Workshop students presented “The Quest for (B)eph: Sourcing Beef from Local Farms” on December 10 at Log Lunch. The presentation culminated their… Continue reading »
Pictured, from left to right: Log Lunch lecturer Don Campbell ’84 and Sarah Gardner, Associate Director and Lecturer in Environmental Studies, smile at the camera. On December 3, the Log Lunch community had the pleasure of hearing from Don Campbell ‘84, the Southwest Regional Director of the… Continue reading »
Pictured: Log Lunch lecturer Chris Sherman ’07 smiles at the camera. Pictured: The Log Lunch Audience enjoys their meal while listening to speaker Chris Sherman. On November 19, Williams alum Chris Sherman ‘07 joined current Williams students and faculty at Log Lunch to discuss his… Continue reading »
Pictured: Log Lunch lecturer Kris Hansen and daughter Siri Bohacek ’22 smile at the camera outside The Log. Pictured: Kris Hansen gives her lecture. On November 12, Log Lunch welcomed Kris Hansen ‘91, an atmospheric chemist, proud Williams alum, and parent of Siri Bohacek ‘22. As a former… Continue reading »
Pictured: Dilip la Cunha looks at the camera. On Thursday, November 11, architect and planner Dilip da Cunha joined Williams students and faculty in discussing his book “The Invention of Rivers” and his visual design platforms in a talk entitled “Nature by Design,” which reconsidered the predominant land/water… Continue reading »
Pictured, from left to right: Log Lunch lecturer Don Zasada smiles at the camera. On November 5, the Log Lunch community had the pleasure of hearing from Don Zasada, owner of Williamstown’s Caretaker Farm. As one of the first Community Supported Agriculture programs in the nation, Caretaker… Continue reading »
Pictured: Log Lunch lecturer Gwendolyn VanSant smiles at the camera outside The Log. On Friday, October 29, the last Log Lunch of the month welcomed speaker Gwendolyn VanSant, the CEO and Founding Executive Director of Multicultural BRIDGE (Berkshire Resources for Integration of Diverse Groups Through Education), a non-profit… Continue reading »
Pictured: A whiteboard at the entrance to Fall Fest shows a map and list of attractions. On Saturday, October 23, the Williams College Hopkins Memorial Forest put on their annual outdoor Fall Festival from 10 AM to 1 PM, drawing in hundreds of students, families, and local residents to… Continue reading »
Pictured, from left to right: Sarah Gardner, Associate Director and Lecturer in Environmental Studies, and Log Lunch lecturer Ashley Randle smile at the camera. On October 22, the Log Lunch community had the privilege of hearing from Ashley Sears Randle, Deputy Commissioner for the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources… Continue reading »
Pictured: Dr. Tiffany King looks at the camera. In her talk “Red and Black Alchemies of Flesh: Conjuring A Decolonial and Abolitionist Now,” on the evening of Thursday, October 21, Dr. Tiffany King responded to Black, Indigenous, and Marxian critiques of her work in The Black Shoals: Offshore… Continue reading »
Pictured, from left to right: Log Lunch speakers Abigail Matheny ’22, Chander Payne ’24 stand in front of the camera for a photo. Williams College students Abigail “Abby” Matheny ‘22 and Chander Payne ‘24 presented their summer 2021 projects to the Log Lunch audience on October 15,… Continue reading »
Pictured: Maxine Ng ’22 (left) and Sarah Brusini ’23 (right) pose for the camera. On October 8, the Log Lunch community was lucky enough to hear about the summer adventures of Sarah Brusini ‘23 and Maxine Ng ‘22, both of whom received CES summer grants. Pictured:… Continue reading »
Pictured: Professor Teresa Mares smiles at the camera. On September 24, University of Vermont professor Teresa Mares gave a lecture entitled “A Renewed Call for Social Sustainability: Putting Worker Justice at the Center of Sustainable Food Systems” at Log Lunch. Discussing vulnerabilities in the American food system and using… Continue reading »
Meet the new generation of Williams leaders fighting for environmental justice. By Vicki Glembocki Mohammed Memfis ’21 was working with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in Georgia when he arrived in rural Randolph County to fight voter suppression. A Williams freshman at the time, he quickly learned that the residents he… Continue reading »
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., July 14, 2021—Ron Bassar, assistant professor of biology at Williams College, has been awarded a prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The three-year, $1.6 million dollar grant will support research aimed at understanding how temporal variation in ecological and evolutionary processes allow similar species to coexist. Continue reading »
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., May 8, 2020—The Morris K. Udall Foundation announced the award of a $7,000 scholarship to Williams College junior Mohammed Memfis. He was one of 55 students nationwide to win the award, selected for his commitment to a career in environmental justice. Memfis, who hails from Atlanta, Ga., is… Continue reading »
Environmental Studies Thesis Presentations Passcode: 33fRBd?z Presenters: Elizabeth Bigham: “Good Healthy Fun: The Relationships Between Playgrounds and Children’s Health in New York City” Davis Collison: “Observational Network Approaches for the Co-Production of Knowledge in Support of Food Sovereignty for Indigenous Alaska Communities” Rosa Kirk Davidoff: “Beyond ‘Jobs vs. Continue reading »