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MPA in Environmental Science and Policy News8

  • Isaac Wilkins: An Environmental Justice and Sustainability Calling

    Isaac Wilkins: An Environmental Justice and Sustainability Calling

    Isaac Wilkins, a current MPA ESP student, has a calling. Introduced to the environmental movement through advocating for environmental justice issues impacting communities of color, he is expanding his mission to help solve diverse issues across the various sectors within the environmental movement.

  • Seeking an Urban Sustainability Graduate Research Assistant

    Seeking an Urban Sustainability Graduate Research Assistant

    Are you a full-time Columbia graduate student interested in urban sustainability and equity? Do you have superb writing, analytic and research skills? Apply by December 9 for this part-time research assistant position.

  • ESP Student Neerada Poduval: Building a Global Perspective

    ESP Student Neerada Poduval: Building a Global Perspective

    “I am keenly aware of the issues faced on the ground and the importance of political will and buy-in from the private sector to effectively develop and implement policies. … and I know from personal experience that there is immense potential to effect positive change in this field.”

  • Lessons of Climate Resilience in New York City

    Lessons of Climate Resilience in New York City

    The Earth Institute hosted a panel focused on how New York City, and other cities like it, can take steps to become stronger and more resilient in the face of climate change.

  • Watch: Cities and the Climate Change Challenge

    Watch: Cities and the Climate Change Challenge

    Join us for a symposium on Lessons of Climate Resilience in New York City this Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 6-7:15 p.m. in Low Library on the Columbia University campus.

  • ESP Alumni Gabe Cowles: the MPA ESP Investment

    ESP Alumni Gabe Cowles: the MPA ESP Investment

    Recognized as a 40 Under 40 Rising Star on the Albany 2016 list, Gabriel Cowles, Masters in Public Administration Environmental Science and Policy alumnus (2009), is the program manager for Build Smart NY, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s initiative to improve energy efficiency in state facilities by 20 percent by 2020. In just the first year, state…

  • MPA ESP Student Profile: Savannah’s Story

    MPA ESP Student Profile: Savannah’s Story

    Savannah Miller, a student in the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program, has witnessed the impact of climate change on three different continents. Prior to attending Columbia, Savannah completed fieldwork in Antarctica and sub-Saharan Africa. Last year, she attended the climate negotiations at COP21, in Paris, France, as a student delegate.

  • Faculty Profile: A. Park Williams, Professor of Climatology

    Faculty Profile: A. Park Williams, Professor of Climatology

    Park Williams, a bioclimatologist whose research focuses on the climatological causes and the ecological consequences of drought, teaches climatology in the summer semester for the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy Program.

  • MPA ESP: Classroom Extends into Community

    MPA ESP: Classroom Extends into Community

    Columbia University’s MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program offers its students learning experiences outside of the classroom unlike any other graduate environmental policy program.

  • Isaac Wilkins: An Environmental Justice and Sustainability Calling

    Isaac Wilkins: An Environmental Justice and Sustainability Calling

    Isaac Wilkins, a current MPA ESP student, has a calling. Introduced to the environmental movement through advocating for environmental justice issues impacting communities of color, he is expanding his mission to help solve diverse issues across the various sectors within the environmental movement.

  • Seeking an Urban Sustainability Graduate Research Assistant

    Seeking an Urban Sustainability Graduate Research Assistant

    Are you a full-time Columbia graduate student interested in urban sustainability and equity? Do you have superb writing, analytic and research skills? Apply by December 9 for this part-time research assistant position.

  • ESP Student Neerada Poduval: Building a Global Perspective

    ESP Student Neerada Poduval: Building a Global Perspective

    “I am keenly aware of the issues faced on the ground and the importance of political will and buy-in from the private sector to effectively develop and implement policies. … and I know from personal experience that there is immense potential to effect positive change in this field.”

  • Lessons of Climate Resilience in New York City

    Lessons of Climate Resilience in New York City

    The Earth Institute hosted a panel focused on how New York City, and other cities like it, can take steps to become stronger and more resilient in the face of climate change.

  • Watch: Cities and the Climate Change Challenge

    Watch: Cities and the Climate Change Challenge

    Join us for a symposium on Lessons of Climate Resilience in New York City this Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 6-7:15 p.m. in Low Library on the Columbia University campus.

  • ESP Alumni Gabe Cowles: the MPA ESP Investment

    ESP Alumni Gabe Cowles: the MPA ESP Investment

    Recognized as a 40 Under 40 Rising Star on the Albany 2016 list, Gabriel Cowles, Masters in Public Administration Environmental Science and Policy alumnus (2009), is the program manager for Build Smart NY, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s initiative to improve energy efficiency in state facilities by 20 percent by 2020. In just the first year, state…

  • MPA ESP Student Profile: Savannah’s Story

    MPA ESP Student Profile: Savannah’s Story

    Savannah Miller, a student in the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program, has witnessed the impact of climate change on three different continents. Prior to attending Columbia, Savannah completed fieldwork in Antarctica and sub-Saharan Africa. Last year, she attended the climate negotiations at COP21, in Paris, France, as a student delegate.

  • Faculty Profile: A. Park Williams, Professor of Climatology

    Faculty Profile: A. Park Williams, Professor of Climatology

    Park Williams, a bioclimatologist whose research focuses on the climatological causes and the ecological consequences of drought, teaches climatology in the summer semester for the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy Program.

  • MPA ESP: Classroom Extends into Community

    MPA ESP: Classroom Extends into Community

    Columbia University’s MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program offers its students learning experiences outside of the classroom unlike any other graduate environmental policy program.