A New Course: Environmental Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities
Read about new MSSM Faculty member Carter Strickland, and how he will bring his expertise in sustainability and environmental policy to the classroom in fall 2016 with a new course: Environmental...
View ArticleMPA ESP: Classroom Extends into Community
Columbia University’s MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program offers its students learning experiences outside of the classroom unlike any other graduate environmental policy program....
View ArticleEarth Institute Fall 2016 Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunities
The Earth Institute will offer eight research assistant opportunities for undergraduate students during the fall 2016 semester. Undergraduates from Columbia and Barnard will be able to serve as...
View ArticleEarth Institute Fall 2016 Internships
This fall, The Earth Institute is offering students opportunities to work as interns within various departments and research centers at the institute. All full-time Columbia and Barnard students are...
View ArticleMPA-ESP Faculty Profile: A. Park Williams, Professor of Climatology
Dr. Park Williams, a bioclimatologist whose research focuses on the climatological causes and the ecological consequences of drought, teaches Climatology in the summer semester for the MPA in...
View ArticleA Summer of Hands-on, Minds-On Science
Twelve students from New York and New Jersey are spending July in laboratories at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, working with the scientists. The internship program enables students to spend four...
View ArticleNew Faculty: Nilda Mesa joins the Urban Design Lab
Nilda Mesa joins the Earth Institute to launch a new program in urban sustainability and equity planning at the Urban Design Lab.
View ArticleFuture Sustainability Managers Arrive to Campus
The M.S. in Sustainability Management is welcoming its new class of aspiring sustainability practitioners to campus this week.
View ArticleStar Students Talk Sustainability, and What They’ve Learned
“The program has given me the chance to acquire a wide range of skills and tools including, but not limited to: GIS analysis, mastering the art of the bucket shower, field methods in ecology, writing...
View ArticleEarth Institute Practicum
The Practicum is a dynamic forum featuring a different lecture each week by directors or senior researchers and professors representing different Earth Institute departments, centers and laboratories.
View ArticleFacing Rapid Change in the Arctic
An expedition to the Canadian Arctic and west coast of Greenland is a moving and motivating experience for Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory climate scientist Maureen Raymo.
View ArticleMPA ESP Student Profile: Savannah’s Story
MPA-ESP 2017 Student Profile: Savannah Miller Savannah Miller, a student in the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program, has witnessed the impact of climate change on three different...
View ArticleBob Newton: Building the Next Generation of Scientists
Bob Newton, an oceanographer who leads the SSFRP, an intensive summer fieldwork program for high school students at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, just won Lamont's 2016 Excellence in Mentoring...
View ArticleSustainability Bonds: A Personal and Professional Network
Energy efficiency, corporate sustainability reporting, and investor relations piqued Charlotte Peyraud's interest and became her focus, and ultimately, her career.
View ArticleESP Alumni Gabe Cowles: the MPA ESP Investment
Recognized as a 40 Under 40 Rising Star on the Albany 2016 list, Gabriel Cowles, Masters in Public Administration Environmental Science and Policy alumnus (2009), is the program manager for Build Smart...
View ArticleDon’t Be Bewitched by Paris Climate Change Deal
"We can and should develop other agreements that ask countries to coordinate their actions rather than to reduce their emissions voluntarily. Countries are good at coordination, and not so good at...
View ArticleHow a Student Project Helped to Change JetBlue’s Course
What began as research at Columbia University became the catalyst for improving the sustainability of an airline, as JetBlue recently forged a 10-year deal to buy 330 million gallons of jet fuel made...
View ArticleExecutive Training on Sustainable Investments in Agriculture
The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment's annual Executive Training Program on Sustainable Investments in Agriculture will be held at Columbia University in New York City from July 12-21, 2017....
View ArticleClimate Justice Advocate Strives to Create Solutions
"Climate adaptation often serves to reinforce existing power structures by focusing on technocratic solutions and empowering experts and policymakers. My research and career goals are framed by this...
View ArticleAlumna Planting ‘Seeds’ for Sustainable Education in Africa
"What I enjoy the most is that I get to have to opportunity to solve real-life problems that affect hundreds of children and women that are part of our education and community development programs."
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