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  • Sustainability Management Alum Transitions to Career in Public Sector

    Sustainability Management Alum Transitions to Career in Public Sector

    Master of Science in Sustainability Management alum Harry McLellan (’14) has always had an interest in the built environment. Prior to joining the program, he worked as a construction lawyer for 25 years. Now, working as a Senior Counsel in the Law Department of the City of New York’s Commercial and Real Estate Litigation Division,…

  • Alumna Maggie Brommer Uses Sustainability Skills at Unilever

    Alumna Maggie Brommer Uses Sustainability Skills at Unilever

    “A large portion of my day to day work can be boiled down to problem solving and project management. I was lucky enough to get a good foundation of project management skills from my capstone class. If you can influence a class of second semester seniors to get their section of the project done early,…

  • MPA Alum Serves as EDF Climate Fellow

    MPA Alum Serves as EDF Climate Fellow

    MPA in Environmental Science and Policy alum, Olin Berger (’14) is putting his degree to use this summer as a member of the Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps in Chicago, Illinois. Olin is working to analyze energy efficiency projects for high rise office buildings in downtown Chicago.

  • Alumna Takes Sustainable Development Degree to El Salvador

    Alumna Takes Sustainable Development Degree to El Salvador

    Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development alumna, Hannah Perls, takes her degree to El Salvador, where she is responsible for program development at Foundation Cristosal, a non-profit human rights NGO.

  • Students Learn from Faculty, Alumni about Energy Efficiency Careers

    Students Learn from Faculty, Alumni about Energy Efficiency Careers

    The Earth Institute is expanding its professional development program with the addition of mini-career workshops that focus on particular areas of sustainability. The first of these workshops, which took place on April 17, focused on energy efficiency. The purpose of the workshops is to provide opportunities to students to learn from faculty and alumni who…

  • Sustainability Management Alums Create Award Winning Sandy Rebuild Design

    Sustainability Management Alums Create Award Winning Sandy Rebuild Design

    The word resiliency has emerged as the new gold standard for designing the built environment. Its meaning may be interpreted as design that not only maintains self-sufficiency throughout extreme environmental scenarios, (e.g. heat waves, power outages, extreme storm events, etc.) but also allows communities to quickly recover in the aftermath of such an event. It…

  • Alums Recruit Students at All-Ivy Fair

    Alums Recruit Students at All-Ivy Fair

    On Feb. 28, the All-Ivy Environmental and Sustainable Development Career Fair marked its 11th year. The eight Ivy League schools – Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale – teamed up once again to host the fair at Columbia University in New York City. This year’s event attracted 69 recruiting…

  • MPA Alum Focuses on Disaster Response and Recovery

    MPA Alum Focuses on Disaster Response and Recovery

    MPA in Environmental Science and Policy alum Maham Ahmed (’13) is combining her undergraduate degree in Environmental Science with her new MPA degree while serving as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Washington D.C. Maham hopes to bring change to disaster response and recovery for future generations.

  • MS Alum Transitions to Sustainable Healthcare

    MS Alum Transitions to Sustainable Healthcare

    Lindsey Clark originally joined the Master of Science in Sustainability Management program with the intention of going into sustainability consulting after graduation, but an internship with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center led to an unexpected opportunity.

  • Sustainability Management Alum Transitions to Career in Public Sector

    Sustainability Management Alum Transitions to Career in Public Sector

    Master of Science in Sustainability Management alum Harry McLellan (’14) has always had an interest in the built environment. Prior to joining the program, he worked as a construction lawyer for 25 years. Now, working as a Senior Counsel in the Law Department of the City of New York’s Commercial and Real Estate Litigation Division,…

  • Alumna Maggie Brommer Uses Sustainability Skills at Unilever

    Alumna Maggie Brommer Uses Sustainability Skills at Unilever

    “A large portion of my day to day work can be boiled down to problem solving and project management. I was lucky enough to get a good foundation of project management skills from my capstone class. If you can influence a class of second semester seniors to get their section of the project done early,…

  • MPA Alum Serves as EDF Climate Fellow

    MPA Alum Serves as EDF Climate Fellow

    MPA in Environmental Science and Policy alum, Olin Berger (’14) is putting his degree to use this summer as a member of the Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps in Chicago, Illinois. Olin is working to analyze energy efficiency projects for high rise office buildings in downtown Chicago.

  • Alumna Takes Sustainable Development Degree to El Salvador

    Alumna Takes Sustainable Development Degree to El Salvador

    Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development alumna, Hannah Perls, takes her degree to El Salvador, where she is responsible for program development at Foundation Cristosal, a non-profit human rights NGO.

  • Students Learn from Faculty, Alumni about Energy Efficiency Careers

    Students Learn from Faculty, Alumni about Energy Efficiency Careers

    The Earth Institute is expanding its professional development program with the addition of mini-career workshops that focus on particular areas of sustainability. The first of these workshops, which took place on April 17, focused on energy efficiency. The purpose of the workshops is to provide opportunities to students to learn from faculty and alumni who…

  • Sustainability Management Alums Create Award Winning Sandy Rebuild Design

    Sustainability Management Alums Create Award Winning Sandy Rebuild Design

    The word resiliency has emerged as the new gold standard for designing the built environment. Its meaning may be interpreted as design that not only maintains self-sufficiency throughout extreme environmental scenarios, (e.g. heat waves, power outages, extreme storm events, etc.) but also allows communities to quickly recover in the aftermath of such an event. It…

  • Alums Recruit Students at All-Ivy Fair

    Alums Recruit Students at All-Ivy Fair

    On Feb. 28, the All-Ivy Environmental and Sustainable Development Career Fair marked its 11th year. The eight Ivy League schools – Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale – teamed up once again to host the fair at Columbia University in New York City. This year’s event attracted 69 recruiting…

  • MPA Alum Focuses on Disaster Response and Recovery

    MPA Alum Focuses on Disaster Response and Recovery

    MPA in Environmental Science and Policy alum Maham Ahmed (’13) is combining her undergraduate degree in Environmental Science with her new MPA degree while serving as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Washington D.C. Maham hopes to bring change to disaster response and recovery for future generations.

  • MS Alum Transitions to Sustainable Healthcare

    MS Alum Transitions to Sustainable Healthcare

    Lindsey Clark originally joined the Master of Science in Sustainability Management program with the intention of going into sustainability consulting after graduation, but an internship with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center led to an unexpected opportunity.