A Chatham University blog about the work funded by Bank of America
During the first weeks of this semester, Dr. Grossmann connected with the new incoming graduate cohort and recruited the newest members for this team to continue to build on the work with the community partners in Homewood. Lilly Freedman, MSUS ‘20, With a background in both sociology & environmental studies, she is interested mainly in […]
I have been learning so much about the vibrant community of Homewood. I’ve had the opportunity to meet with staff members at Operation Better Block and to learn of all of their sustainability initiatives, especially with the youth of the community. In these meetings, we are learning how to best use our people and […]
Over the past four weeks, my focus has shifted away from figuring out the logistics of the new Green Infrastructure course to start in Fall 2018 and more towards creating a curriculum for our professors to use in the future launch of the course in Fall 2019. I am collaborating with our chosen instructors to […]
Through my first few weeks at Operation Better Block, I have been working on/following a green infrastructure project in Homewood’s Cluster 4. The green infrastructure project will be placed along Finance Street and aims to aid in reducing the storm water runoff that has plagued the street, cluster, and neighborhood. Port Authority is spearheading the […]
Thanks, Bank of America! Thanks to the generous grant funding by Bank of America, Chatham University professor, Iris Grossmann, Ph.D., of The Falk School of Sustainability and Environment, was able to recruit a team of students and other faculty members to work on what we hope to be a multi-year community-based sustainability project in Pittsburgh’s […]