By Sara Silva and Michael Mace At the end of March 2020, New York City was empty streets with the occasional line of people spread out along storefronts. It was delivery from resilient restaurants and visits to limited-capacity bodegas. It was apartments with rooms leased to confusion and uncertainty. My […]
Marilu Fretts
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Community Science Collaborator Ernest Dixon (Metro Atlanta Urban Farm) shares his experience with racism and its role on his everyday life as a young man.
It is critically important for minoritized communities co-lead science projects. Communities are strong! Communities are made of people who care about the wellbeing of their community and who know what’s best for them. Communities historically excluded from the sciences are more than capable of engaging in science, if institutions create […]
What happens when STEM research and programming is led directly and equitably by community leaders? The NOISE Pollution Project! Please check out, share, and VOTE for our video https://stemforall2020.videohall.com/p/1891 where a team of Community Researchers representing communities historically excluded from the sciences, in collaboration with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, share a different perspective and approach for doing […]
Project Advisor Mathias Basner shared the link to the news article “Conifer is top tree in urban sound absorption test”: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52139333 The article, published on BBC News by Environment reporter Mark Kinver, reports the findings of a group of scientists about the role of trees in mitigating urban noise pollution. […]
Silence is a rare commodity these days. There’s traffic, construction, air-conditioning, your neighbor’s lawnmower … and all this unwanted sound can have a surprising impact on your health, says noise researcher Mathias Basner. Discover the science behind how noise affects your health and sleep — and how you can get […]