First hour: How data can help reform America's criminal justice system
Second hour: What does it mean to graduate with a degree in sustainability?
The leader of a local nonprofit says her group is fixing a barrier that stands in the way of meaningful criminal reforms: a data gap. Measures for Justice President Amy Bach says America’s justice system needs better data to determine if the money spent on the system is effective in reducing crime and improving fairness. Bach joins us to discuss her research.
Then in our second hour, St. John Fisher College has launched a new major: students can now graduate with a degree in sustainability. The program links the campus to the community in an effort to ignite conversations about sustainability across industries. We’ll discuss the program, what it means to graduate with a sustainability degree, and how students can apply that knowledge after college. In studio:
- Michael Boller, Ph.D., associate professor in biology, and director of the sustainability program at St. John Fisher College
- Patricia Donahue, senior pollution prevention engineer, and manager of the sustainable supply chain program at the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute
- Julia Greene, St. John Fisher College graduate with a degree in psychology and a minor in sustainability
- Evan Bourtis, senior at St. John Fisher College majoring in biology and media communications and minoring in sustainability
