Author: Katherine Gloede Silverman

Jerilys Perez presents on CCNY Campus Sustainability for the capstone team's final presentation in the Spring, 2023 semester.

Decarbonize CCNY

by Katherine Gloede Silverman

Beginning with Professor Stephanie Rose’s capstone team project in 2022, a student-led decarbonization effort has gained momentum on campus. Here is a roundup of some progress to date, including the work of the Sustainability Students. In the Spring of 2024, the PSC-CUNY Environmental Justice Working group launched a plan to hold Decarbonization Town Halls on all CUNY Campuses. The first took place in May at Brooklyn College. With support from PSC-CUNY and NYPIRG, CCNY plans to host a Town Hall in September, 2024. Stay tuned!

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Now With a Fully Online Option and Advanced Certificate

by Katherine Gloede Silverman

Formalized this academic year with CUNY, applicants to the Sustainability Program at CCNY will now see the option to apply to a fully online degree. Though options remain to complete the M.S. mainly in person or in a hybrid format, our SUS community will now expand from NYC to anywhere. The Fall 2019 Industrial Ecology Course. Since this particular course offering, students have been able to complete the core class either in person or online depending on schedule and preference. Alongside this exciting expanse in our student body learning from each other’s diverse backgrounds and knowledge, the Sustainability Program has …

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Final Capstone Presentations, Spring 2024

by Katherine Gloede Silverman

Four final capstone presentations. First is Retrofitting Subdivisions for Sustainability: An Example from Latin America. Second (at 29 minutes) is Comparing Carbon Emissions in Residential Buildings: Embodied Versus Operational Emissions. Third (at 58 minutes) is Climate Justice and Urban Resilience in NYC. Fourth (at an hour and 26 minutes) is Reducing Human Health Risk and Exposure to Wastewater Spills in Coastal Environments: Analyzing Water Quality and Inundation Using Remote Sensing Tools in the Tijuana River

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Team in Blackstone Innovation LaunchPad

Sustainability Student Participates in Blackstone LaunchPad Innovation Sprint

by Katherine Gloede Silverman

By Mitaly Chakraborty This weekend, I participated in the Blackstone LaunchPad Innovation Sprint alongside my incredible friends Mayesha Fahmida (CCNY), Nayeli (John Jay), Darlyn Pacheco (Queensborough CC), and Kay Jesly (Borough of Manhattan CC). Blackstone Launchpad provided three intriguing tasks for us. Choosing from the three challenges, I opted to collaborate with the L’Oreal team. We conducted a CUNY-wide Innovation Sprint Case Study on Biolage Marketing Strategy. We concentrated on how Biolage might effectively widen its user base to encompass a broader spectrum of people while also increasing knowledge and comprehension of its universal formulations. After reviewing the data, we …

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Final Capstone Presentations, Spring 2023

by Katherine Gloede Silverman

Find the embedded videos here for our final capstone project presentations from last Spring. The first presentation starts at 10 minutes in and below is the order indicating when each presentation begins. Presentation order: Decarbonizing CCNY (at 10 minutes) Supporting Disaster Assessment and Infrastructure Recovery in Ukraine (at 53 minutes) Impact of Construction Materials on the Success of Resiliency Plans (at 1 hour and 41 minutes)

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