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Tainted tap water

Laura MacManus-Spencer, associate professor of chemistry

On the hunt for all that hops, slithers and crawls

Students in “Herpetology: Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles,” taught by senior lecturer Barbara Pytel, had a blast hunting for frogs, snakes, turtles and salamanders on a number of field trips this spring.

Adventures in the Adirondacks

Students in the inaugural “Adirondacks and American Environmental History” course didn’t just study the northern New York region, they got to know it—personally. It made for one of the best classes many of the students had ever taken.