Engagement

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SCIENTISTS AND WRITERS are parts of  human communities at the family, neighborhood, town, state, federal, and global levels.  This aspect of my work is about payback to those communities.  Because UConn is a Land Grant/Sea Grant/Space Grant state university, its faculty have a special responsibility to return tax and tuition dollars to those who support it.

I meet this obligation mostly through pro bono service on technical committees, writing newspaper articles, giving frequent public lectures, and serving as a consultant for specific tasks if warranted by special circumstances.

Journalism –  Freelance, Op-Eds, and Media

Stone Wall Initiative – An online resource for New England’s signature landform.

Stone Pavilion Project – UConn’s most symbolically important historic building is an outdoor museum exhibit.

Museum Exhibits – Exhibit design.

Ask an Earth Scientist –  A site for public help on random questions and identifictions.

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Photo:  South Higgins Lake in northern Michigan on a hot weekend in July, 2009.  Contributing to the environmental management of U.S. lakes was an important purpose in writing “Beyond Walden,” which was featured at two national lake management conferences.