Environmental Policy course at Bentley University for the Chronicle of Higher Education
November 21, 2013
Assistant Professor of Geology David Szymanski of Bentley University’s Department of Natural and Applied Science leads students in a discussion about pollution and water supplies in a seminar of the NASE402 Science in Environmental Policy course in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. The class involves an optional extra section that includes a trip to Washington, D.C., to meet with policy makers and discuss the role of science in making government policy.
Group leader Aaron Pinet (junior) takes notes in the NASE402 Science in Environmental Policy course in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. The class involves an optional extra section that includes a trip to Washington, D.C., for these students to meet with policy makers and discuss the role of science in making government policy.
Assistant Professor of Geology David Szymanski of Bentley University’s Department of Natural and Applied Science leads the NASE402 Science in Environmental Policy course in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. The class involves an optional extra section that includes a trip to Washington, D.C., to meet with policy makers and discuss the role of science in making government policy.
Assistant Professor of Geology David Szymanski of Bentley University’s Department of Natural and Applied Science meets with students after the full NASE402 Science in Environmental Policy course in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. The class involves an optional extra section that includes a trip to Washington, D.C., for these students to meet with policy makers and discuss the role of science in making government policy.
Assistant Professor of Geology David Szymanski of Bentley University’s Department of Natural and Applied Science leads students in a discussion about pollution and water supplies in a seminar of the NASE402 Science in Environmental Policy course in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. The class involves an optional extra section that includes a trip to Washington, D.C., to meet with policy makers and discuss the role of science in making government policy.
Earlier this year, I photographed Assistant Professor of Geology David Szymanski and his NASE402 Science in Environmental Policy course at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. These sorts of assignments are always tough, since the bulk of what the story was about had already happened or was scheduled to happen in Washington, DC. The class gives students the opportunity to directly advise local and national lawmakers on environmental policy using a science-based approach. I was also excited to learn that Professor Szymanski served as an adviser to Montana Senator Jon Tester, who represents where I'm from, as a Congressional Science Fellow a few years back.