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SCIF Project Report – Green Infrastructure Pollinator Garden: Making the most of campus space

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Project Green Infrastructure Pollinator Garden, was the result of a collaboration between Professors Sarah Hinners and Amy Sibul as well as the then student leader of the University Beekeeping Association, Mason Kreidler to prevent flooding in the Architecture Building through the use of green infrastructure while creating a pollinator friendly landscape. 

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SCIF Project Report – Project Art Heals: Illustrating healing through upcycled medical waste

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Project Art Heals, headed by Emily Hagn, used visual art as a symbol of therapeutic healing medical burnout and loss throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The project, a mural currently displayed at the U of U Hospital, used medical waste, vaccination vials and mementos from patients, workers and individuals involved in or lost during the pandemic in an attempt to acknowledge health disparities that were amplified during that time. These disparities include income in different areas, access to space that enabled for social distancing, access to vaccines, and ability to take time off work to access health ca

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