| Dr. Robyn Hannigan, Environmental Science, was recently featured in The College Board Review (No. 210, Winter/Spring 2007), the magazine of the College Board. This prestigious publication provides a national forum for discussion of new and useful ideas in education. Hannigan, who designed and established a program to immerse minority and female undergraduates in environmental science, appeared in Dr. Kathie L. Olsen's article, "Let's Frame the Future: Building a Solid Science and Engineering Foundation for This Century." Olsen is deputy director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Hannigan received funding through the NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. Hannigan's program, Research Internships in Science of the Environment (RISE), is an interdisciplinary program focusing on relationships between agricultural land use and ecological health. The RISE program has funded more than 30 undergraduates in summer research projects since 2001. |
