When Art and Technology Meet
Anadol used over 300 million publicly available photos of nature as the dataset for the sculpture. This continues the theme of Machine Hallucinations, by seeing familiar concepts reimagined by machines.
The Effect of White Nose Syndrome on New York’s Bat Population
The 2022 Macaulay Honors College Bioblitz, allowed us the opportunity to participate in citizen science. While exploring Randalls island the Bat research scientists inspired great interest in the role bats play in New York’s ecosystem and how the threat of White Nose syndrome is affecting them. “White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a disease that affects hibernating bats and is caused by a fungus known as “PD”. It attacks the bare skin of bats while they’re hibernating in a relatively inactive state. As it grows, Pd causes changes in bats that make them become more active than usual and burn up fat they need to survive the winter. Since its discovery in 2007 WNS has been causing significant decline in the bat population. Our research looks at how New York has been affected by such and the quantitative effects of the disease.
Waves
Come enjoy your peaceful moment!
Campus as a Lab: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
The lab curriculum would help students learn essential skills like data collection and analysis, as well as add to the main topics in the course about environmental justice and activism. With the data that the students collected, they can speak to administrators and implement new policies to reduce waste on campus.
Campus as a Lab: Brooklyn College – School of Education
We attempt to apply the Campus as a Lab principle to the Brooklyn College School of Education.
Migration of European Starlings in New York
As you are walking throughout New York City, you might come across European Starlings along the way. These species aren’t native to NYC, so what caused them to migrate here?
Campus as a Lab: School of Business
We propose the class include a final project that investigates the energy usage of each building on Brooklyn College’s campus and creates a plan to implement what they’ve learned about urban planning and green buildings to create more green buildings on our campus.
The Apple Turned Green
Have you been to the High Line, Little Island, or anywhere else in NYC? Check out here to learn more about sustainability and architecture of New York City!
Local’s Blood
Astoria has been going through gentrification as luxury apartments are buying out locals’ houses and building rental apartments that are non-affordable for locals.
Honey, What’s the Buzz in NYC?
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, bee populations were falling and bees were increasingly in danger of being wiped out. Over the course of the pandemic. However, there has been a notable increase in the bee populations in New York City compared to pre-pandemic levels. Our goal was to find the reasons for this increase and find ways for local residents to aid this resurgence and prevent the bee populations from falling again.
