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Ming Kuo - Greening Schoolyards, Growing Academic Achievement

Dr. Kuo's work, which has been featured in multiple media outlets including CNN, NPR's Fresh Air, The Today Show, Washington Post, LA Times, UK's Daily Mail, Australia's Sydney Morning Herald among others, has convincingly linked healthy urban ecosystems to stronger, safer neighborhoods, lower crime, reduced AD/HD symptoms, reduced aggression, and an array of other mental health indicators. Her current work examines the effects of contact with nature on physical health — especially immune function — and academic achievement. In 2018, Dr.

North Pole Screening and Discussion with Producers Yvan Iturriaga ’03 and Darren Colston ’02

Join us for a screening of this comedic web series about three best friends born and raised in Oakland, CA who struggle to stay rooted as their neighborhood becomes a hostile environment. Nina, Marcus, and Benny fight, dream, and plot schemes to save the place they call home. Facing both gentrification and global warming, they combat evil landlords, deportation, crazy geoengineering plots, and ultimately each other.