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Sustainability Students Join Environmental Defense Fund Fellowship This Summer
Eleven students from the Sustainability Management and the Sustainability Science programs will work with various organizations to advance their environmental goals.
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Q&A With Kailani Acosta on Diversity in the Geosciences
Women and people of color are historically underrepresented in the geosciences. Through two different diversity initiatives, graduate student Kailani Acosta is working to change that.
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Xiaomeng Jin Uses Satellite Imagery to Track Ozone Formation
Her research as a Ph.D. student at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory has yielded important information for air quality control efforts.
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Cayte Bosler: Chronicler of Wilderness Conservation
Cayte is an explorer, an environmental journalist and conservationist, and a student in Columbia’s Sustainability Management masters program.
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Jeff Fralick: Chasing Storms and Change
Always weather-obsessed, Fralick enrolled in the Sustainability Science program because he wants to take on the threats of climate change and incorporate sustainable practices into everyday life.
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Student Kevin Webb Connects His Venture Capital Experience to Sustainability
Webb comes from a career of more than 8 years in early-stage venture capital and is now a student in the Sustainability Science program at Columbia University.
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Closing the Loop on Urban Food Waste
Riyana Razalee, a current student in the MS in Sustainability Management program, is building from the ground up a career in agriculture and food systems.
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Student Spotlight: Incorporating Sustainable Policies Within the Mining Industry
Former mining consultant Josefina Correa is studying Environmental Science and Policy in order to provide sustainable solutions to mining industry challenges.
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Marly Isler: From International Sailor to Environmentalist
Before enrolling in the Sustainability Management program, Marly Isler was a member of the U.S. Olympic Sailing Development Team.

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