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SeaWorld San Diego with her family. They took in the usual favorites—the dolphin, penguin and beluga whale exhibits.

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“This is a new program that allows faculty across disciplines to work together on shared issues and concerns that become the focus for distinctive interdisciplinary minors,” Andersen adds. “The first two such minors are ‘technology and humanity,’ focused on the ways that new digital technologies such as artificial intelligence are impacting society, and then ‘food: identity and culture,’ focused on what we eat, how we eat and how food helps to shape who we are.”

Eckerd College marketing professor uses bracelets to spread a sustainability story

It was Thursday, Sept. 26, and Hurricane Helene—a mammoth Category 4 storm—had come calling.

, was an undergraduate, he was focused on galaxies, pulsars and supernovas. “When I was at Franklin & Marshall College, I wanted to be an astronomer,” says Karlesky, assistant professor of management at Eckerd College. “But my professor told me not to do that. Not that I wasn’t good at it, but there are about 2,000 astronomer jobs in the world and about 6,000 astronomers. And I wanted a job when I graduated.

American Society of Primatologists took place September 8–11 in Riviera Maya, Mexico, bringing together professionals and postgraduate students from across the board—including nonprofits, zoos, sanctuaries and research centers.

Alyssa Ferraro ’26 conducts a health check on a horse at Horses for Handicapped Foundation of Pinellas County. Photos by Penh Alicandro ’22

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Joanna Huxster, far right, engages students in discussion. Photo by Angelique Herring ’19

Military veteran Shea Sabolsky ’26 spent about four years with the U.S. Navy in Bahrain and now studies Animal Studies. Photo by Michel Fougères