We congratulate Tarendra Lakhankar who completed the Everest Base Camp which is a 17,598ft trek after 10 days and hoisted the CUNY CREST flag!
CREST and Earth System and Environmental Engineering (ESE) Program participated in the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) The National Diversity in STEM (NDISTEM) Conference held from October 26 to October 28, 2023 in Oregon, Portland. Dr.
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CREST, under the leadership of Dr. Shakila Merchant, kicked off the 2023 Bridge to College (B2C) on October 20, 2023. The B2C initiative began in 2015-2016 to engage, inspire, and motivate a cohort of middle school (8th graders) students from the City
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Harry Cikanek, Director of the CUNY CREST Business Development and Entrepreneurship Pillar participated in the 2023 International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Global Space Conference on Climate Change (GLOC). Harry served in three roles; International Program Committee Co-Chair for Plenary Session; Lead Author on
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The U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program, the Third Decadal Plan Lead Author Selection Committee and the UCAR Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science (CPAESS) selected CUNY CREST’s Research and Application Pillar’s Director, Professor Maria Tzortziou to serve as one
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Dr. Shakila Merchant, CUNY CREST HIRES Director and NCAR members, Dr. Valerie Sloan, Director of REU-GEO Network and Dr. Samayiah Farid, Scientist, UCAR, received the NSF REU GeoNetwork funding (2023-2026). Funded by NSF for several years, the new funding aims to continue
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We are happy to welcome five new students to the CUNY CREST family; Shima Kamali, Richard Rivera (NOAA EPP/MSI CESSRST-II funded Cohort II Fellow), Ana M Mejia Manrique, Niloofar Nejatian, and Ali Haider. Ana M. Mejia Manrique Ana joined the CREST institute
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CREST was invited to participate in the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Annual Members Meeting held from October 10 to October 11, 2023 in Boulder, CO. The purpose of this meeting was to encourage discussions from UCAR member representatives around important
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CREST, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (NOAA EPP/MSI) Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies II (CESSRST II) hosted the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) seminar titled Actionable
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Dr. Shakila Merchant serves as the Principal Investigator (PI) of NSF-CUNY Advancing Research Impact on Society-Broader Impacts (ARIS-BI) Toolkit. She participated in the NSF ARIS-PI Writers workshop with several other BI community members from across the country. The Retreat was held from
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