Floating Environmental Health Clinic

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From Natalie Jeremijenko, one of our favorite and most popular advocates of co-species living, comes a fantastic new idea for a location for faculty office hours. In the clip below Natalie holds student office hours (she’s a prof. at NYU) while floating on the east river. Topics on the water range from water quality to species-diversity to gender studies. Can we enroll Natalie?

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