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Mary Ellen Hannibal

Mary Ellen Hannibal is the author of Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction, the winner of Stanford’s Knight-Risser Prize in Western Environmental Literature, and a Stanford media fellow.

Fighting Climate Change with Feeling

The 2022 Redford Center Stories film challenge winners believe emotions are the key to get people excited about the environment.

October 31, 2022

Bringing Activism Home to Roost

Middle school filmmaker spotlights the plight of birds in his home state.

Youth Activists Push Schools’ Retirement Fund to Divest

Redford Center Stories highest distinction film focuses on the financial side of fighting climate change.

June 25, 2021

To the Passionate Youth: Why Wait?

Eloise Sent’s Redford Center Stories film entry says that young people can change the world right now—so don’t wait.

June 11, 2021

“Even Little Things” Add Up to Justice

Redford Center Stories Highest Distinction prizewinner highlights how small actions can have big impacts.

How to Take Back the Power to Change the World

Redford Center Stories Grand Prize-winning film spotlights ways even a tiny ripple can change the narrative.

Film Contest Gives Young Environmental Activists a Voice

Middle schoolers Annabelle VanderMarck and Piper Lasater won the Nautilus Science Prize in the Redford Center Stories film contest.

The Problem in the Lab

A new film shines a light on the discrimination women often face in science practice.

August 28, 2020

3-D Printed Statues in Central Park Shine a Light on Women Scientists

The pop-up sampling is part of a larger exhibit of 120 depictions of women scientists.

August 21, 2020

A Voice for the Trees

Shyla Raghav uses her ecology background to advocate for the environment.

April 17, 2020

How Art Helps Science Advance

Jasmine Sadler on STEAM and problem solving.

April 3, 2020

What a Real Superhero Looks Like

Particle physicist Jessica Esquivel on diversity, perseverance, and the search for a new understanding of our universe.

March 27, 2020