Recent speakers have included Russell A. Hulse, corecipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize in physics for the 1974 discovery of the binary pulsar. Hudsonia Ltd. Hudsonia Ltd. is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt institute for environmental research and education. Funding for Hudsonia projects comes from government agencies, foundations, conservation and citizens' groups, businesses, and individuals. Most projects are in New York and neighboring states, but activities have ranged afield to South America, New Mexico, and Canada. Hudsonia's research library, collections, and equipment are available to the Bard community.
Interns assist in project work.
Current and recent studies include stream fauna and pollution, invasive wetland plants, Hudson River wetland vegetation, fish communities, the threatened Blanding's turtle, the relationship of sensitive habitats and rare species to land use, insect populations, mosquito surveillance, the human ecology of wetlands, and environmental planning for residential developments. News from Hudsonia, a newsletter featuring Hudson Valley natural history and environmental subjects, is published three times a year. Student spend 10 weeks during the summer on The Rockefeller University campus, working on projects that have been individually tailored by volunteer faculty, postdoctoral and graduate fellows to meet student research interests. The Rockefeller University offers a unique research environment. Because there are no separate departments, an atmosphere of cooperation and collaboration between varied disciplines is encouraged.