School/College: SJC
Department: ICS, Sociology and Anthropology
Position Status: Open
Title of Project: St John's Tree Inventory Project
Level: Undergraduate
Type of Position: Unpaid
Hours per week: 3 (1 in person)
Semesters Recruiting: Fall, Spring
Campus(es): Queens
Project Summary:
The St John's Tree Inventory Project started in 2012 and has earned St John's a Tree Campus USA designation with the Arbor Day Foundation. Data collected by first year students is compiled in a database and then used to map individual trees on campus and to calculate information like water run off conserved, CO2 captured and potential energy saved. I am looking for a student to help update our materials.
See this page for current posted data.
Qualifications:
Facility with MS Access and Excel. GIS experience also extremely helpful.
Job Responsibilities:
Working with data to correct discrepancies, provide updated calculations for different tree groups and expand that work.
Interested in this Job?
If you are interested in this research opportunity, contact Paula Lazrus at 718-990-2685 or [email protected].