College of Staten Island The City University of New York
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Macaulay Honors College Research CSI students are involved in research on:
Goldie Lazarus, CSI Macaulay student, Biology Junior
Macaulay helped give me the opportunity to do research at CSI. The summer before I started college, I began to work in a CSI chemistry lab where I learned a lot about nanotechnology. After I decided to major in Biology, I began working in a cell biology lab. I have been a lab assistant there for almost a year and I am currently involved in doing breast cancer research. Macaulay has given me the opportunity to present my research in a number of different forums and has helped me make my research known to the public.
Jessica Mulligan, CSI Macaulay graduate, Class of 2009
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My Macaulay Honors College experience has been great. There are so many learning opportunities… from interesting seminar classes that give the students a better understanding of New York City to cross-campus seminars that provide the opportunity to meet honors college students from the other campuses. The Macaulay Honors College faculty at CSI are amazing and are always ready to help.
Athanasios Koutavas, Assistant Professor of Geology at CSI, and Jessica Mulligan, a CSI Macaulay Honors College graduate, have discovered that the rings of old-growth oak trees in the famous park contain a chronicle of moist and dry periods over the past 200 years. By studying the past trends of droughts, some of which lasted for a decade, Koutavas and Mulligan hope to predict future trends, particularly in light of warming global temperatures and the increasing demand for water by our rapidly growing population. Koutavas reports that past drought history indicates that "the vulnerability of New York to drought remains a serious concern, with the next persistent dry spell possibly around the corner."