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Emma Kearney `12

Hometown: 
Rush, N.Y.

At St. Lawrence

Major: 
Mathematics and Environmental Studies
Minor: 
Statistics
Activities: 
Mentor for the QRC and a Community Mentor for the Center for Civic Engagement, while also a volunteer for Reading Buddies. Emma is also a member of Lettuce Turnip the Beet which is a student organization that works to connect SLU students with the Canton community by promoting local food and sustainable food systems.

Emma's summer plans encompass all three of these academic interests: she will be in Boulder, Colorado for a week at the NCAR Explorations in Statistics Research, learning how to work with complex statistical data sets.

Emma will then spend 2-3 weeks focusing on climate change and subsistence cultures in Nome, Alaska. She will be working with a fellow Environmental Studies student and professor to interview local indigenous people about climate change impacts on native villages.

Emma is looking forward to her summer travels, as well as working at the Greenhouse and Farm in her hometown.