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Environmental Science PhD Student Publishes Children’s Book on Climate Change

Academy of Natural Sciences

This led the fourth-year environmental science doctoral student and Academy student research associate to consider the questions: At what age do we begin talking to children about climate change? Champlin hopes that their book offers a different view than a lot of other children’s books on environmental science. “I

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WINS Founder Donates Treasure Trove of History

Academy of Natural Sciences

These donations vary in size from a single folder to several boxes of papers, and they vary in time from a 19th century Academy membership certificate to a recent acquisition — documents related to the creation of the Women In Natural Sciences program from the 1980s. After 40 years, WINS is still going strong! .

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Empowering the Future with Plastic-free Philly Champions 

Academy of Natural Sciences

Ale Gonzales, a Drexel student who recently graduated from the Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science, has a real drive to make environmental science truly accessible. The interdisciplinary nature of this major has been so rewarding to my experience as a student,” Gonzales says. “I

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Celebrating 10 Years of BEES With Department Head David Velinsky, PhD

Academy of Natural Sciences

As the oldest natural history museum in the Western Hemisphere, the Academy of Natural Sciences’ affiliation with Drexel University is a relatively new part of its history — the partnership was formed in 2011, nearly 200 years after its 1812 founding. What has the partnership allowed you to do that you weren’t able to before?

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Drexel Helps Set Climate Resilience Research Agenda for Philadelphia

Academy of Natural Sciences

Drexel University and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University have partnered with the City of Philadelphia, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and other local organizations to create a new and unique collaboration to develop ways to make the Philadelphia region more climate resilient.

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Confronting the Effects of Coastal Climate Change

Academy of Natural Sciences

Environmental science major Kris Freyland sees the effects of climate change up close. Drexel environmental science major and co-op student Kris Freyland.

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The Unexpected Diversity of Philadelphia’s Bees

Academy of Natural Sciences

I am an environmental science senior in the Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science Department at Drexel and work in the Entomology Department at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Tell us about yourself.