Last Thursday, the Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering partnered with the Bay Foundation to celebrate the launch of the Coastal Research Institute (CRI) at LMU. The keynote speaker at the event in the Life Sciences Building Auditorium was Alexis Strauss, the current regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Pacific Southwest Region. The panel also included the director of LMU’s Environmental Science Program, professor of chemistry and biochemistry James Landry and the executive director of the Bay Foundation, Tom Ford, all whom spoke and addressed student questions.
The CRI is an entity that works to protect and preserve the Santa Monica Bay and coastal waters. The institute’s aim in partnering with LMU is to, “further the goals of the Santa Monica Bay National Estuary Program, which is one of 28 ‘estuaries of national significance’ designated by the EPA,” according to LMU Newsroom…