![Steve Rogenstein ’88: Visiting Environmentalist]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1652973758/loomis/fk9esdwpncvgnvvftyav/Steve-Thumb.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1652973758/loomis/fk9esdwpncvgnvvftyav/Steve-Thumb.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1652973758/loomis/fk9esdwpncvgnvvftyav/Steve-Thumb.jpg","width":800}])
The buzzing of bees surrounded the Island recently as Visiting Environmentalist and bee expert Steve Rogenstein ’88 met with students and faculty May 3–5.
Computer Science, Design Thinking, and Entrepreneurship
Through a range of course offerings, the Computer Science, Design Thinking, and Entrepreneurship Department provides students with opportunities to engage in hands-on, real-world, creative problem-solving in a number of different disciplines (engineering, manufacturing, robotics, computer science, and entrepreneurship). These courses prioritize work that partners with authentic audiences, including on-campus partners and businesses in the Hartford area. Significant time in most of the courses will be spent in the Pearse Hub for Innovation (PHI), where students will engage in our design-thinking process: gather, generate, build, and share.
![Physics Club Hosts Instrument Systems Engineer]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1615911670/loomis/rhjxp5zuymkpohzu9x1t/800_Jason-LaForest-screenshot.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1615911670/loomis/rhjxp5zuymkpohzu9x1t/800_Jason-LaForest-screenshot.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1615911670/loomis/rhjxp5zuymkpohzu9x1t/800_Jason-LaForest-screenshot.jpg","width":800}])
Physicist Jason LaForest spoke about his work developing instruments to measure and analyze molecular particles during an online presentation hosted by the Physics Club on March 11.
![Problem-Solving Pelicans Consider Contact Tracing]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1600715184/loomis/mpf2ehq9ngjxzqko1srj/THUMB_PHI-Dr-Vernund.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1600715184/loomis/mpf2ehq9ngjxzqko1srj/THUMB_PHI-Dr-Vernund.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1600715184/loomis/mpf2ehq9ngjxzqko1srj/THUMB_PHI-Dr-Vernund.jpg","width":600}])
Loomis Chaffee's Problem-Solving for the Common Good class met with Dr. Sten Vermund, dean of Yale’s School of Public Health, to learn about Yale's study involving new technology for COVID-19 contact-tracing on September 17.