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By Katie Koenig Introducing Lauren Sadowski Lauren Sadowski is an affiliated faculty member at Emerson in the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies. Her classes focus on ecology and conservation from an interdisciplinary perspective. She works to engage her students in her classroom, both indoors and outdoors. She herself is a social scientist,…

By Katie Koenig ​​Introducing Nancy Howell Nancy Howell is the Senior Marketing Content Strategist at Emerson, and has worked here for sixteen years. She’s an Emerson alum from 2003, too. She also got involved with sustainability efforts on campus around a decade ago, when she joined the Sustainability Committee. President Jackie Liebergott formed the Committee…

By Katie Koenig Introducing Homa Sarabi Homa Sarabi is the Director of Production Safety and Sustainability on campus. Although I spoke with her for less time than I did with other staff and faculty members, just like everyone in this series, she still had plenty to say. Work with Emerson Homa has had the opportunity…

By Katie Koenig Introducing Amy Rinaldo Amy Rinaldo is the Associate Director of English Language Learning (ELL) in International Student Affairs at Emerson. She supports English language skills and skill development for multilingual students, especially for multilingual international students. Even if they aren’t international students, Amy works to provide support for those that may struggle…

By Katie Koenig Nowadays, we toss the word ‘sustainability’ around a lot without defining exactly what we’re talking about. It’s an incredibly broad term, which I suppose is one of the reasons we use it so often. Still, it can be hard to figure out what sustainability is and how to practice it on a…