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Alumni Spotlight: Jeffrey Fralick, Climate Risk Analyst
After graduating from Columbia’s Sustainability Science program, Jeff took a bit of a detour but eventually ended up at his dream job.
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Apply Now: Fellowship for Adapting the Existing Built Environment Earth Network
The group works to address the social, economic, and environmental aspects of decarbonizing existing buildings.
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Coming This Fall: Opinion Writing Workshop for Alumni
The five-week workshop for alumni of the Climate School and the School of Professional Studies will be taught by science journalist Claudia Dreifus.
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Aurora Barone Looks for Equitable Ways to Cut Carbon Emissions
A graduate of Columbia’s Environmental Science and Policy program, Barone works as an economics and policy analyst for Environmental Defense Fund.
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Sylhet City, Geology, and Packing Up
We finished our electromagnetic survey and mini-field school in northern Sylhet, Bangladesh, with lectures and field trips to see the geology by car and boat.
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Summer 2022 Internship Opportunity with the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
A summer internship is available with the COMET Initiative. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
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Environmental Justice Positions Open
Two graduate-student fellows would support the Environmental Justice and Just Cities Network.
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Columbia Climate School Announces First Faculty Hire
Archaeologist and anthropologist Kristina Douglass joins faculty from many centers and departments already teaching at the Climate School.
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Start of the Mini-Field School
We were joined in our electromagnetic investigation of the subsurface and earthquake hazard by a group of US and Bangladeshi students and professors for a mini-Field School.

By studying thousands of buildings and analyzing their electricity use, Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson has been able to uncover ways to significantly cut energy consumption and emissions. Watch the Video: “Engineering a Cooler Future Through Smarter Buildings“
