Other Projects includes undergraduate student work from various departments. All the work included has been selected by the respective professor or department to showcase work that exemplifies the class.
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2021
Mitigating Carbon Emissions While Staying In Business: A Case Study of Longview Farm in Hadley, MA, Hannah Asofsky, Hannah Dillahunt, Avery Hammond, and Storm Lewis
Proceedings of the First and Second Seminar on Responsible Computing, Alicia M. Grubb, Sarah Abowitz, Maha Awaisi, Hannah Clemens, Jenna Croteau, Barb Garrison, You Jeen Ha, Winnie Mbugua, Mayeline Peña, Sarah Swihart, Ratidzo Vushe, and Suzie Xi
Party in the USA (Waste): Evaluating Solid Waste Hauling in Amherst, MA, Sydney A. Abraham, Madison P. Biasin, Ella V.H. Carlson, and Taylor J. Ditmar
Investigating the Feasibility of Agrivoltaics in Massachusetts, Natalie Baillargeon, Glenda Perez, and Chaia Yodaiken
2020
Smith College Bioplastics & Compost In the Age of COVID-19 and Beyond, Espy Thomson, Greta Mundt, and Claire Ruppert
Exploring Embodied Carbon within Smith College Construction, Larissa Holland, Rebecca Miller, and Lydia Sheyda
Reducing Smith College’s Dining GHG emissions: An analysis of beef and milk substitutions, Emelyn Chiang, Aidan Coffin Ness, Frances Duncan, and Kelsey Towne
A Carbon Offset Roadmap for Smith College: Establishing a New Approach, Rachel Twerdowsky and Jemara Sheely
Biodiversity in the Campus Landscape: A Meta-Evaluation of Landscape Metrics and Rating Systems, Tess Abbot, Isabel Aries, Rachael Drinker, and Sarah Evantash
Electrifying Landscape Management, Rachel Hollander, Lauren McGue, Neva Richardson, and Amanda Smith
2019
The Limits of Las Vegas: Water Wars in the Desert of the Real, Lauren V. E. McGue
2018
Effective Student Research on Smith’s Landscape: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Where We Go From Here, Sydney Noa Bobrow and Paula Ariel Martinez
Stormwater Management on Smith College Campus, Haruka Yoshida
Estimation of Smith College’s Scope 3 Emissions, Cara Dietz
Exploring the Development of a Sustainability Innovation Initiative at Smith College, Rachel Moskowitz
A Solution Based Study of Waste Practices at Smith’s Friedman Apartments, Ruth Neils, Carla Yacoub, and Meg Johnson
Experiential Learning at Smith College: Exploring Agricultural Integration, Lark Wicinas and Elsa Weintraub
Grab & Go 2.0: Assessing the Effectiveness of a New Waste Reduction Program, Meghan Suslovic
The Future of the Smith Campus Fleet: A Cart Case Study, Marina Howarth
2017
Gardening the Community: A Discussion of Japanese Knotweed Eradication Methods, Sable Liggera
Northampton Food Rescue: Gathering Resources, Connecting Communities, and Building Resilience, Alyssa Johnson-Kurts
Assessing Smith College’s Unaccounted Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Angelica Radke
Assessing the Quantity and Disciplinary Distribution of Sustainability Courses at Smith College, Sam Peikes
Pioneer Valley Goes Green: Minimizing Franklin Regional Transit Authority’s Carbon Footprint, Michelle Mei
Stakeholder Perceptions of Green Spaces: Informing the New Landscape Master Plan, Madeleine Meadows-McDonnell
2016
Macleish Mines: Geology and Historic Land Use, Emma Harnisch
Perceptions of Paradise, Katya Garcia-Israel
The Front Yard of Smith College, Danyi Zeng
The Humble History of a Grand Church, Deborah Ballam
The Smith College Campus and the Evolution of Athletics, Jane Kuntz
The Story of the Smith College Campus School, Dylan McBride
Navigating Institutional Barriers Designing First Year Sustainability Workshops, Claire Shope
Advancing the Mill River Greenway Initiative: Creating a Social and Ecological Space Along the Mill River, Julia Graham
Heating in Residences at Smith College, Laurel Bryggman
2015
24/7 Student Space, Sylvia Mosiany
An Interactive Neilson, Cara Dietz, Alyssa Graveline, and Renee Klann
A Transitional Decompression Zone, Rebecca Flores, Asrie Karma, and Morgan Mpungose
Caffeinate Neilson, Ella Prince, Maddy Kulke, Katherine Keenan, and Jess McKnight
Connecting the New Library to Smith Campus, Susannah Howard, Sabrina Ko, Insia Naqvi, Jenny Perrin, Lynne Siringo, and Mary Taylor
Creative Incubators, Alizeh Karamat, Meng Cao, and EvaMarie Olson
Education Values in the New Neilson Library Landscape, Sarah Dean, Vivian Hulsey, Taz Mueller, Laura Rosenbauer, and Zoe Zandbergen
Neilson Library Redesign, Natalie Belkov
Neilson Library Redesign, Fiona Post
Neilson Library Study Spaces, Mihn Nguyen
Neilson Library: Use of Outdoor Space, Kate Fessler, Emily McCarter, Christina Mortali, Claudio Stoll, and Fiona Twiford
Relative Impact of Moving Books to/from Offsite Storage, Jess McKnight and Dano Weisbord
Studying, Students, and Space, Smith College
User Study Space in the New Neilson, Laura Krok-Horton and Isabel Otaneda
Visual Connections A New Space For Neilson Library, Tessy Lopez and Geneva Strauss-Wise
2011
Advertising Gone to the Recycling Bin? Paper Use on the Campus Center Bulletin Boards, Amy Shmania
Reduce, Reuse, and then Recycle: The Issue of Paper Use at Smith, Caitlin Kennedy
“Why Would I Want to Attend That?” Motivating Students to Attend ES&P Lectures, Kelsea Thornton
Improving Water Conservation in Smith College Housing through Environmental Education, Emily Mailloux
Invasive Species Management at MacLeish Field Station, Colleen McGaughey
Reusing Regalia: A More Economical and Ecological Choice, Tess Zinnes
Smith’s Journey into the Local Food System: Identifying the Bottlenecks, Stacie Mansen
Transforming Infrastructure: Challenging Mindsets Installing Composting Toilets on Smith Athletic Fields, Emily Gannon
2010
Behaviors and Numbers: Investigating Grab ‘n Go, Alana Miller
Education and Compassion: A Smith College Environmental Arts and Culture Journal, Veronica Kratman
How Green is My House? Co-operative vs. Traditional Housing at Smith College, Maggie McCaffrey
Investigating Numbers and Behavior: Grab ‘n Go, Camila X. Fierro
Sustainability 101: A Workshop Series for Life After College, Charlotte Stanley
The Vegan Challenge: Through Veganism to a Paradigm Change, Alice Reznickova
Something Smells Fishy A Look into the Sustainability of Smith College’s Seafood Consumption, Alison Montgomery
Mad Gardens Compassion and Education: An Environmental Journal of Literature, Art and Culture for Smith College, Rebecca Benson and Veronica Kratman
What Does Wilma Flintstone Have to Teach Smith College?, Collette Roy