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[OPINION] A proposed plan for trauma-informed care at SUNY Fredonia

Contributor to The Leader
ABBY TARTARO Special to The Leader  Trauma-informed care is a therapeutic style approach to assisting those who have endured trauma.  The natural instinct when someone sees something as “not normal” is to wonder what is wrong with the person. Trauma-informed care shifts the question from “What is wrong with you?”......
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Reed Library’s ‘Year of Open Science’ initiative promotes research access, collaboration

Contributor to The Leader
ROSEMARIE RAPISARDA Staff Writer Graphic by Gwen Devlin|Special to The Leader College students will agree that there are few things more frustrating than finding the perfect article for your research paper only for it to be blocked behind a paywall.  Inspired by the White House’s recent open science initiative, Reed......
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Getting to the ‘root’ of SUNY Fredonia’s invasive plant species problem 

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DAKOTA RICHTER   Special to The Leader In the Campus Woodlot located near Ring Road, there are multiple invasive species in the perimeters of the roughly 14-acre forest. These invasive species were brought to the area by humans for landscaping and grew beyond their original ecosystems. In addition, animals such as......
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Featured Dead birds of Rockefeller: A student’s dedication to decrease the deceased

Jules Hoepting
JULES HOEPTING Managing Editor During the first week of the fall 2020 semester, Justine Bloom walked around campus and came across the carcass of a bird. The body was on the concrete below the northern wing of the Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center building.  Bloom, a sophomore Earth studies major......
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NASA’s rover “Perseverance” lands safely on Mars

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CHLOE KOWALYK Staff Writer Three… two… one…  touchdown!  Houston, we have landed!  Originally launched in July 2020, NASA’s newest Mars rover, named Perseverance, landed safely on Mars on Feb. 18.  Perseverance is equipped with cameras, a microphone and an assortment of tools that will help it measure the composition of......
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Convocation Committee brings Emily Calandrelli to Fredonia

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ANNA GAGLIANO Copy Editor  Last Tuesday, Fredonia learned about the need for a little humanity within the sciences. Emily Calandrelli gave the speech, “Empathetic Science Communication in an Increasingly Polarized World,” as part of the 2020-2021 Fredonia Convocation. The theme for this year’s convocation is “Pondering the Future: Empathy as......

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