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EUS is an interdisciplinary program that examines the interdependence of human societies and the physical environment.
The program strives to ensure that students have a substantial background in the physical and social sciences, humanities, economics, and policy, while enhancing their understanding of the relationship between built and natural environments.
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Gidon Eshel named one of the Top Influential Earth Scientists Today


Gidon Eshel named one of the Top Influential Earth Scientists Today

Gidon Eshel is a research professor at Bard College, specializing in oceanography, climatology and geophysics. He attended Technion-Israel Institute of Technology before transferring to Columbia University, where he earned an M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. in mathematical physics. After graduating, Eshel was a postdoctoral NOAA Climate & Global Change fellow at Harvard University’s Department for Earth & Planetary Physics. He has also since served as a staff scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and a professor of geophysics at the University of Chicago.

 

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Keeping Community: Thrive On! Kingston Spotlight
Aidan Galloway ’21 (left) and Keyvious Avery ’21 (right) with the Thrive On! Kingston kits

Keeping Community: Thrive On! Kingston Spotlight

When COVID-19 hit close to home, many individuals, organizations, and communities shifted their focus to surviving through the pandemic. Two creative and forward-thinking Bard students, Keyvious Avery ’21 and Aidan Galloway ’21, knew they wanted to do more than just help people survive, they wanted them to thrive, and thus Thrive On! Kingston was born. 

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Trustee Leader Scholar 

Trustee Leader Scholar 

The TLS program supports leadership development in the context of hands-on, student-initiated, community engagement projects.

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