Molly Lutcavage Honored with Sarah Fraser Robbins Environmental Award

Molly Lutcavage Honored with Sarah Fraser Robbins Environmental Award

Molly Lutcavage, Director of the Large Pelagics Research Center in Gloucester, was selected by a committee of the Board of Maritime Gloucester for her: work to protect endangered and threatened species including sea turtles and bluefin tuna; her work mentoring graduate students; her commitment to cooperative research and her work  with local fishermen on her tuna-tracking program; and her strong commitment to a thriving fishing, research and maritime economy on Cape Ann. Gloucester Times...
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Charles Schweik Contributing to President Obama’s Maker Faire Initiative

Charles Schweik Contributing to President Obama’s Maker Faire Initiative

    UMass Amherst Among 153 Universities and Colleges Supporting President Obama’s Maker Faire Initiative Courtesy of UMass News and Media Relations June 18, 2014 Contact: Daniel J. Fitzgibbons 413/545-0444 AMHERST, Mass.  – As part of today’s national Day of Making and White House Maker Faire celebrating America’s tradition of invention, the University of Massachusetts Amherst is joining with 152 other colleges and universities across the country to support efforts to promote innovation and ingenuity. Earlier this month, President Barack Obama invited institutions of many kinds to showcase the nation’s vibrant grassroots communities of inventors, tinkerers, and manufacturers that are making the future. According to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, public access to technologies such as 3D printers, laser cutters, open-source, low-cost microcontrollers, easy-to-use design software, and desktop machine tools, is democratizing the act of making and enabling citizens to build just about anything. In response, the campus leaders from around the nation signed a letter to the president pledging support for “Making” and committing to...
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Former ECo graduate student, Arnold Sitompul, appointed as WWF Indonesia Conservation Director

WWF Indonesia has appointed a new Conservation Director, Dr. Arnold F. Sitompul (Arnold), to fill in the position vacated by Nazir Foead. In the last 20 years, Arnold has been intensively involved in conservation works in the country. This includes developing effective conservation strategies for key protected areas in Indonesia which integrate science-based species conservation, community-based participatory approach, relevant local policies and capacity building. His area of expertise is consistently in sustainable natural resource management, wildlife conservation, community based conservation, ecosystem based land use planning and protected area management.  He is familiar working with various stakeholders for consultative planning process. Furthermore, he has experience dealing with various donor agencies. Arnold has an extensive network with domestic NGOs working in natural resource conservation, transparency good governance, anti-corruption, and sustainable palm oil advocacy. He is recently interested working in transformation of corporate practices to sustainability. During the last three years, Arnold is the Program Director of KEHATI, a national conservation grant making institution based...
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