On Sept. 22 the Classics Department took students on a boat tour of New York City (Navigatio Neo-Eboracensis), which included readings from Johannes De Laet’s Descriptio Utriusque Americae (1633) with running commentary on the early ecology of New York City from Eric Sanderson, senior conservation ecologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society and author of Mannahatta: A Natural History of NYC (Abrams 2009). Video by Dan Carlson.
Tom Stoelker
Tom Stoelker is senior staff writer and visual media coordinator for Fordham News. After fifteen years as a freelance designer, Tom shifted his focus to writing and photography. He graduated from Lehman College, CUNY where he majored in English literature and photography and he received his master's in journalism from Columbia University. His work has appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Wall Street Journal, and The Architect's Newspaper, where he was associate editor.
