The Brown professor and community-engaged researcher will help advance university-wide efforts to strengthen support for community-engaged scholarship.
With the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this year, fireworks will soon light up American skies. Professor Meredith Hastings, DEEPS Chair and leader of the Breathe Providence Project, joined the Possibly Podcast to talk about fireworks and their impact on the environment and our health.
Following the DEM's two-year Air Toxic Study, South Providence residents are advocating for a plan to address the air pollution in the area. Professor Meredith Hastings, the Breathe Providence project leader, commented on the air quality, saying, "We know there’s a lot of bad stuff in the air. Sometimes it’s illegal. It’s definitely cancer-causing.” Linda Perri, head of the Washington Park Neighborhood Association, told City Council members and planners, “We need to have a say in how the growth is going to happen, especially because we breathe the air and we live in the shadow of the port.”
Dual concentrator Liza Marcus ’26 is unraveling the complex chemistry of nitrogen oxides and ozone in the atmosphere — work that could improve air quality predictions and inform environmental policy.
DEEPS is proud to announce that Department Chair and George Ide Chase Professor of Physical Sciences Meredith Hastings is this year's recipient of the Meenakshi Narain Excellence in Research Mentoring (ERM) Award.
