Category: Highlight

CREST hosted the Earth System and Environmental Engineering (ESE) Program Mixer on November 2, 2023 at the Grove School of Engineering, City College of New York. Current and prospective ESE students, faculty, and management attended the mixer.  The mixer opened with welcome
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CREST, under the leadership of Dr. Shakila Merchant successfully completed the 2023 Bridge to College (B2C) on December 8, 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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Co-Director of the International Collaborations Pillar and Associate Director of the Education & Training Pillar, CUNY CREST, Dr. Neal Phillip and Associate Co-Director of international Collaboration Pillar, CUNY CREST, Paramita Sen contribute towards the Bronx Community College (BCC) receiving a $1 million
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Professor and Founding Director of BCC Geospatial Center of the CUNY CREST Institute and Doctoral Faculty in the Earth and Environmental Science Program at Graduate Center & Bronx Community College (BCC), City University of New York (CUNY), Sunil Bhaskaran publishes research article
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CREST Scientist, Dr. Friedman was appointed as the Vice Chair of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Caribbean Geography Speciality Group (CGSG) on November 1, 2023. She was nominated by the Board of CGSG to receive this honor.  Dr. Friedman’s motivation to
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CUNY CREST Scientist, Dr. Erin Friedman received the 2023 Adaptation Futures fellowship for the September 6, 2023- October 6, 2023 period. The role entailed attendance at different conference sessions. Commenting on her motivation to become a fellow, Dr. Friedman said, “I applied
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CUNY CREST scientist, Dr. Erin Friedman published two research articles in the Science Direct that contribute to the broader field of climate justice by unpacking dominant discourses and political economic patterns that are shaping climate decision-making. These are titled:  The purpose of
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CREST hosted a virtual seminar titled ‘Everything the Atmosphere Touches: Student Opportunities at National Science Foundation/National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/University Cooperative Centers (NSF NCAR/UCAR/UCP)’ on December 8, 2023. CREST/CCNY students, affiliates, faculty, and management enthusiastically participated in
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Dr. Shakila Merchant was invited to attend the Youth Engagement in International Climate Negotiations workshop held at and organized by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, on December 4, 2023. For the society to address the climate crisis and
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