Entries for tag "DePauw University"

May 23, 2010 - DePauw University

You Are Lovers And FightersDePauw University Commencement AddressWallace J. Nichols23 May 2010 Buenas diasAlohaNi haoGood morningPresident Casey, Board of Trustees, faculty and staff, class of 2010, friends and family and, of course, Marvin.Are we in Greencastle or Costa Rica? What a beautiful day. It’s good to be back. [forecast: 89+…

DePauw News: Community Service Experience at DePauw Opened Doors for Marine Biologist J. Nichols '89

"In 1987, I was a nineteen-year-old biology student at DePauw University, a small liberal arts college in Greencastle, Indiana," Wallace J. Nichols writes in Catamaran Literary Reader, a new quarterly print magazine. The marine biologist and author, a 1989 DePauw graduate, offers an essay titled "Outré Banks of the Mind."…

DePauw News: Removing Plastic Trash from Oceans Won't Solve Pollution Problem: J. Nichols '89

July 30, 2008, Greencastle, Ind. - "Plastic does not biodegrade," writes Dan Haifley in California's Santa Cruz Sentinel. "It undergoes a solar-driven process called photodegradation," he reports in an article that includes a quote from Wallace J. Nichols, senior scientist at the Ocean Conservancy and 1989 graduate of DePauw University.…

DePauw News: Saving Our Ocean Planet is Critical, Wallace J. Nichols '89 Tells DePauw Discourse

October 5, 2007, Greencastle, Ind. - [Download Audio: "An Ocean Planet" - 422kb] "Our planet is an ocean planet, period," exclaimed Wallace J. Nichols, senior researcher for Ocean Conservancy and 1989 graduate of DePauw University, this morning at DePauw Discourse 2007: Sustainability and Global Citizenship. A scientist responsible for pioneering…