Helen Hays recognized by the University of Connecticut for 45 years of leading the Great Gull Island Project

Great Gull Island In The News

On May 10, 2015, the University of Connecticut awarded Helen Hays an honorary degree and selected her as the 2015 College of Liberal Arts commencement speaker. The event took place in Storrs CT and these awards recognize Helen’s notable achievements as an ornithologist and her remarkable 45 years as the director of the Great Gull Island Project.

• Hartford Courant, “UConn Graduation: ‘It Is Up To All Of You To Become Stewards Of The Earth’”
• The Daily Campus, “Famed Ornithologist to speak at College of Liberal Arts”