http://earth.columbia.edu/ The latest education news from the Earth Institute en-us Sat, 4 Jul 2009 04:23:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss CakePHP kat@ei.columbia.edu arif@ei.columbia.edu http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2497 Within the maze of the seemingly endless concrete jungle, we often forget that New York City is comprised of largely low-lying coastal areas, vulnerable to the impacts of a changing climate. Steve Cohen, executive director of the Earth Institute, welcomed participants and attendees at the Climate Change Adaptation Initiative Conference on April 17 with a stark pronouncement: “Tw... Thu, Jun 11th 2009, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2497 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2466 On Thursday, April 23, the Barnard Department of Environmental Science and the Earth Institute hosted the 6th Annual Senior Thesis Poster Session, where environmental majors in this year’s graduating class were given a forum to present their thesis research. The session featured majors from Barnard’s Environmental Science Department, the Columbia College Department of Ear... Mon, May 4th 2009, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2466 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2460 This summer the Earth Institute is offering Columbia students opportunities to work both on campus and in the city on climate change adaptation projects focusing on the New York Tri-State Region through the Earth Institute Climate Change Adaptation Initiative. Please note that only current students of Columbia University and Barnard College are eligible to apply. Students graduating in May or June... Wed, Apr 22nd 2009, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2460 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2453 The Earth Institute Office of Academic and Research Programs is pleased to announce more positions in the EI Summer Internship Program. Through the program, students will be able to apply for full-time summer internships within one of the many divisions of the Earth Institute.  Internships are available for both undergraduate and graduate students and all positions are paid.  ... Fri, Apr 17th 2009, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2453 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2446 Ecology in Rajasthan, India, peacekeeping in Haiti, Carbon sequestration, sewage on 125th Street in Manhattan, and coastal ecosystem conservation are the topics of research projects in environmental and sustainable development recently conducted by Columbia University students and featured at the Earth Institute student research conference. Each of these students studies under an academic progra... Tue, Apr 14th 2009, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2446 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2441 The Earth Institute Office of Academic and Research Programs is pleased to announce the EI Summer Internship Program. Through the program, students will be able to apply for full-time summer internships within one of the many divisions of the Earth Institute.  Internships are available for both undergraduate and graduate students and all positions are paid.  Please note that ... Wed, Apr 8th 2009, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2441 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2408 With the spring semester almost halfway through, the students enrolled in the Sustainable Development Workshop have been very involved in their research. Thus far, they have completed specialized wetlands trends-assessment GIS mapping training and conducted their first site visit to a salt marsh on Long Island with the Nature Conservancy to acquire field training and collect data for their p... Mon, Mar 16th 2009, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2408 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2396 On March 6, 2009, students from all eight Ivy League schools explored a variety of career opportunities in the environmental and sustainable development fields at the sixth annual All Ivy Environmental and Sustainable Development Career Fair hosted by the Earth Institute at Columbia University in historic Low Memorial Library. More than 70 organizations attended the fair: city, state and federa... Thu, Mar 12th 2009, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2396 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2384 From examining the effects of asteroid impacts to investigating the relationship between ice formation and carbon dioxide release, Earth Interns participate in exciting and groundbreaking research projects. The Earth Intern Program, coordinated by Dallas Abbott, Adjunct Research Scientist of Marine Geology and Geophysics at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, offers paid summer internships to underg... Tue, Feb 17th 2009, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2384 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2367 Workshop in Applied Policy Analysis MPA in Environmental Science and Policy The Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Policy Analysis The Wildlife Conservation Society, The Energy Department of the New York City Housing Authority, Gateway National Recreation Area, the National Audubon Society, and EarthAction together with the Alliance for Renewable Energy (ARE) are all clients for the spring Work... Wed, Jan 28th 2009, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2367 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2355 This spring the Earth Institute is offering Columbia students opportunities to work both on campus and throughout the city on climate change adaptation projects focusing on the New York Tri-State Region through the Earth Institute Climate Change Adaptation Initiative. Please see below for thirteen (13) internship opportunities. All positions pay $15 per hour and are typically 10 hours per week. St... Wed, Jan 7th 2009, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2355 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2350 The Earth Institute is pleased to offer ten paid undergraduate research assistant positions for Spring semester 2009. During the twelve-week period students will work ten hours a week earning $15 an hour. Please find the descriptions and application information below. The research assistantships are open to full-time Columbia and Barnard undergraduate students. If you would like to apply, please ... Tue, Dec 23rd 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2350 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2344  Can natural disasters create political instability? Sasha Chavkin believes the recent major floods in the Bolivian cities of Santa Cruz and Trinidad accompanied political unrest and the rise of secessionist movements in the region. In fact, he suspects that an unsatisfactory government response to the floods fueled the secessionist movement. This year, Chavkin, who is currently earnin... Fri, Dec 19th 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2344 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2345 The Earth Institute works to connect leading scientists in sustainable development with Columbia University students through unique educational and research initiatives. From facilitating the development of new classes and degree programs to supporting student research and travel, the Earth Institute and its Office of Academic and Research Programs are taking great strides to foster the developmen... Fri, Dec 19th 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2345 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2340 By Sara Schonhardt Let’s begin by making the distinction between conservation and energy efficiency. Switching lights off and putting electronic devices on timers are ways to conserve energy. It’s about changing people’s behavior. Energy efficiency is more complex, but amounts to greater savings – between 15 and 20 percent compared to conservation&... Thu, Dec 11th 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2340 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2335 As part of their core course, Dynamics of Climate Variability and Climate Change, students in the M.A .Program in Climate and Society (CS) are giving presentations at local high schools and libraries across New York City and its suburbs. This 12-month, intensive graduate degree began in 2004 to train professionals and academics to understand and cope with the impacts of climate variability and cl... Tue, Nov 25th 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2335 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2334 From environmental consulting to carbon markets to environmental engineering, students across Columbia University have been learning about exciting environmental and sustainable development career opportunities. The Earth Institute’s Office of Academic and Research Programs (OARP), in collaboration with career offices across the University, is working to facilitate visits from private fi... Mon, Nov 24th 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2334 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2323 Sustainable development is a multidisciplinary field. It necessarily draws on the tools of the natural, engineering, social and health sciences, and many other fields. Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, spoke to students and professors at several schools around the University about how sustainable development relates to their disciplines. Videos fro... Tue, Nov 18th 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2323 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2300 On October 20, 2008, Columbia University’s fifth annual campus-wide Environmental and Sustainable Development Programs Open house was held in Low Memorial Library. Sponsored by the Earth Institute, the event gave representatives from each of the 29 environment and sustainable development education programs associated with the Earth Institute the chance to speak with around 300 current an... Thu, Oct 30th 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2300 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2299 On Wednesday, October 8th, the students from the M.P.A. program in Environmental Science and Policy presented their midterm briefings for the workshop in Applied Earth Systems Management.  The workshop midterm briefings are delivered at the midpoint of semester-long projects on a proposed but not yet enacted state, federal, or local environmental law or international agreement, with an em... Wed, Oct 29th 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2299 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2286 This year the Earth Institute is offering full-time Columbia students opportunities to work both on campus and throughout the city on climate change adaptation projects focusing on the New York Tri-State Region through the Earth Institute Climate Change Adaptation Initiative. The deadline for submission of applications to sixteen (16) research assistant and intern opportunities has been e... Wed, Oct 15th 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2286 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2279 Each semester, The Earth Institute offers a variety of research assistant and intern opportunities for Columbia students. Please see below for eight research assistantship descriptions and five internship descriptions. Only full-time undergraduates are eligible to apply for research assistantships. All full-time Columbia students are eligible to apply for internships. Please note the type of stude... Wed, Oct 8th 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2279 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2275 This year the Earth Institute is offering full-time Columbia students opportunities to work both on campus and throughout the city on climate change adaptation projects focusing on the New York Tri-State Region through the Earth Institute Climate Change Adaptation Initiative. Please see below for twenty (20) research assistant and intern opportunities. The positions pay $15 per hour and are typica... Fri, Oct 3rd 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2275 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2274 Each semester, The Earth Institute offers a variety of research assistant and intern opportunities for Columbia students. Please see below for three internship descriptions. More internships will be announced in the coming weeks. 1. Global Roads Data Project 2. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Data Distribution Centre (DCC) at CIESIN-SEDAC 3. Impact Evaluation for Development ... Thu, Oct 2nd 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2274 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2272 Imagine taking a class field trip across the country, or even to another continent. As a cutting-edge player in today’s environmental research, the Earth Institute at Columbia University recognizes the importance of expanding traditional learning and education to settings outside of the classroom. Every year, the Earth Institute’s Office of Academic and Research Programs provid... Wed, Sep 24th 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2272 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2268 Each semester The Earth Institute offers a variety of research assistant and intern opportunities for Columbia students. Please see below for job descriptions. Please note: These are the first of many opportunities available to students this fall semester. These represent only part of the spectrum of opportunities that will be offered to students.     1.Analysis of fuel... Tue, Sep 23rd 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2268 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2265 In response to requests to support student projects, a travel grant program was initiated in 2005 by the Earth Institute. For the 2008-2009 Academic Year, funding has been allocated by the Earth Institute to support travel by students matriculated in Columbia University degree programs engaged in research projects dealing with issues of sustainable development and/or environmental protection.&... Fri, Sep 19th 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2265 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2242 To register in advance (recommended), please click here. For more information, please email ei-students@ei.columbia.edu or call 212-854-3142. Columbia University invites you to join us on October 20th from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for the Environmental and Sustainable Development Programs Open House, hosted by the Earth Institute’s Office of Academic and Research Programs, to learn about ... Fri, Sep 5th 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2242 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2240 Alternative energy, climate change, the food crisis and the spread of infectious disease: what do all of these challenges have in common?  Each of these issues forms a core focus of the rapidly expanding discipline of sustainable development.  In 2007, Columbia University launched the Undergraduate Special Concentration in Sustainable Development, an innovative program that prepa... Wed, Sep 3rd 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2240 http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2239 Since the program’s first class received their MPAs in May, 2003  graduates of the Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy program (MPA-ESP), sponsored by the School of International and Public Affairs and the Earth Institute at Columbia University, have been faring well,  and achieving professional success/. The MPA-ESP program has graduat... Fri, Aug 29th 2008, 00:00 GMT http://earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2239