Weather Update
Due to the storm, Barnard College closed at 4pm Friday, for non-essential personnel. “Essential personnel" include staff in Facilities, Public Safety and Residence Halls.
Friday evening and weekend classes are cancelled but events are going forward as planned unless otherwise noted. The Athena Film Festival programs are also scheduled to go forward as planned but please check http://athenafilmfestival.com/ for the latest information.
The Barnard Library and Archives closed at 4pm Friday and will remain closed on Saturday, Feb. 9. The Library will resume regular hours on Sunday opening at 10am.
Please be advised that due to the conditions, certain entrances to campus may be closed. The main gate at 117th Street & Broadway will remain open. For further updates on college operations, please check this website, call the College Emergency Information Line 212-854-1002 or check AM radio station 1010WINS.
3:12 PM 02/08/2013
Barnard students interning at Black Rock Forest Consortium include Martha Villalba '12, Gabriella Spitzer '13, Jessica Schollenberger '13, Sarah Gilly '13 and Rachel Collens '13.
This summer, six Barnard students are interning at the Black Rock Forest Consortium, a nature preserve in the Hudson Highlands where a variety of environmental research projects are underway. Intern Sarah Gilly '13, an environmental policy major, is working with Senior Lecturer Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch on a project monitoring bird populations in order to identify trends and clarify bird-habitat interactions. The data they gather will be incorporated into a Virtual Forest module. Maenza-Gmelch is also overseeing the research of Alexis I. Brinkerhoff '12, a double major in mathematics and environmental science, as she analyzes soil samples for macrofossils, carbon levels and pollen grains—these data will be used in conjunction with historical climate observations about changes to the forest's wetland areas. Environmental biology major Martha Villalba '12 is in her second season studying the eastern painted turtle population, this season with the help of Gabriella Spitzer '13, an environmental science major who is also assisting with Black Rock Forest's environmental monitoring stations. Jessica Schollenberger '13 and Rachel Collens '13 are involved with data collection for a long-term project called "The Future of Oak Forests," which examines what a forest would look like without oak trees in terms of succession, soil microbes and moisture, small mammal activity, and other variables. Shollenberger is also assisting with a variety of other research initiatives, while Collens, an urban-studies major with a concentration in environmental science, is investigating the historic Storm King Mountain Controversy from a Black Rock Forest perspective, under the guidance of Peter Bower, senior lecturer in Barnard’s environmental science department.
Another student intern, Alexis I. Brinkerhoff '12, is pictured here coring wetlands at Black Rock Forest.
