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The City University of New York Remote Sensing Earth System Institute (CUNY CREST) and the United Nations University Hub at The City College of New York-Remote Sensing for Sustainable Innovation and Resilient Urban Systems (R-SIRUS) joined celebrations for World Water Day, reflecting
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The City University of New York Remote Sensing Earth System Institute (CUNY CREST) and the United Nations University Hub at The City College of New York-Remote Sensing and Sustainable Innovations for Resilient Urban Systems (UNU-Hub at CCNY R-SIRUS) participated in the G77
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NEW YORK, NY- Professor Kaveh Madani, Director of the UNU-INWEH and Research Professor at the City University of New York Remote Sensing Earth System Institute (CUNY CREST) has been named the 2026 laureate of the Stockholm Water Prize, one of the world’s
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In a new opinion article published in Nature Water, Dr. Kaveh Madani, Director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) and a CUNY CREST Institute affiliate and Dr. Karin Sjöstrand, Deputy Executive Director of Operations of the
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On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), a high-level Water Policy Roundtable was convened at United Nations Headquarters in New York to launch the flagship report on Global Water
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CREST Members Participated in the Future of the Higher Education Workshop Hosted by The Indus Entrepreneurship (TiE) and MIT World Peace University, India On Oct 9, 2025, Dr. Shakila Merchant and Dr. Tarendra Lakhankar were invited to participate in a joint Global
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Ali Haider PhD Candidate, Civil Engineering, CCNY Proposal Title: AI-Driven Multi-Sensor Modeling Framework for Urban Flood Prediction and Mapping in Data-Scarce Environments Ali’s research sits at the forefront of remote sensing, machine learning, and urban resilience. His work aims to develop innovative,
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As part of the UCAR funded project entitled – Enhancing Water Ecosystem Resilience Through Revitalizing Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), led by PI Dr. Shakila Merchant and Co-PIs Dr. Smita Ekka Dewan, Dr. Vartika Saman and Dr. Naresh Devineni, an indigenous community-led workshop
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From December 15 to 19, 2025, CREST participated in the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting held in New Orleans, Louisiana. Representing CREST were leadership members Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi and Dr. Shakila Merchant, CREST Research Scientist and NOAA CESSRST II Distinguished Research
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CREST continued its Deliver, Dialogue, Discuss, and Discourse (D4) Series in November 2025 at the City College of New York with two engaging seminars that bridged cutting-edge research, entrepreneurship, and sustainable engineering. Bridging Research and Entrepreneurship: Pathways from University Innovation to the
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