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American Meteorological Society Shares Open Letter: “Science Helps You Thrive”
The administration is instructing all federal science agencies to plan for budget and staff reductions of 25% to 60% starting this fall. In 2024 the

CESH Faculty publish paper on Bacterial and DNA contamination of a small freshwater waterway
A paper was recently published featuring CESH Director M. Elias Dueker and CESH-affiliated faculty Gabriel Perron, along with Carolina Oliveira de Santana, Pieter Spealman, and

Saw Kill Watershed Community Celebrates a full year of achievements in the field and in Bard’s Lab!
Read the SKWC Newsletter below!

Meet the Community Sciences Lab Interns!
Interested in volunteering or interning with the Community Sciences Lab? Learn more and sign

🌟 **We’re Excited to Introduce Our New Lab Technician!** 🌟
Please join us in welcoming Bard Alum Julia Beeman to the ES/CESH team! With a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and an impressive track record

Nature Nuggets: Episode 30 ~ Urban Ecology with Prof. Elias Dueker
“This episode features a wonderful, wide ranging conversation about nature, urban ecology, community science and much more with Kingston local Elias Dueker, Associate Professor of

🌍 **Improving Our Air, Together!** 🌿
We’re excited to announce that the City of Kingston’s Andy Murphy Neighborhood Center is now home to a second state-of-the-art Quant AQ air quality sensor!

Professors Gabriel Perron and Swapan Jain Receive $46,000 Research Grant from the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.—Bard Associate Professor of Biology Gabriel G. Perron and Bard Associate Professor of Chemistry Swapan S. Jain have received a $46,000 grant from the Stone

Letter to the Editor: Adjusting to this new climate normal
Read a letter to the editor for Hudson Valley One written by CESH Director Eli Dueker and HVAC Co-founder Lorraine Farina, discussing “this new climate

Red Hook Public Library joins the Hudson Valley Library Air Quality Network
What better way to welcome our new Community Sciences Lab Manager to the team than a group outing to install the Red Hook Library’s Purple

Kinderhook Memorial Library Joins the Hudson Valley Library Air Quality Network
On a cool and rainy day in August—the 7th, to be exact—CESH completed its 16th Purple Air installation at the Kinderhook Memorial Library! With support

CESH extends its Air Quality and Weather Monitoring to Orange County!
Just a few short weeks after releasing the preliminary findings of four years of data collected from the Andy Murphy Neighborhood Center in Kingston, on