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Faculty Profile: Professor Jim Biles

by Katherine Gloede Silverman

James Biles is a newly affiliated faculty member in the MS Program in Urban Sustainability. An Associate Professor in the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership since 2009, Jim is also affiliated with CCNY’s International Studies Program and the PhD Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences at the CUNY Graduate Center.  As an economic geographer, Jim’s research and praxis are situated at the confluence of social and economic processes, development policy, and local livelihoods, primarily in Mexico and Latin America. In light of the deep-seated changes in the role of government and the prevailing ideology of development, his …

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A Message from Program Director, Professor Hillary Brown

by Katherine Gloede Silverman

Dear CCNY Sustainability Alumni and Friends, As we mark the tenth year of the interdisciplinary Sustainability in the Urban Environment master’s program, we hope this newsletter will sustain your ongoing engagement with CCNY and our Sustainability Program. Our plan is to hold a celebratory reunion event at the end of spring semester 2020 commemorating our first decade and we anticipate a great alumni turnout. Additionally, we are excited to announce that this year, CCNY’s president, Vincent Boudreau, has launched a college-wide initiative focused on sustainability and climate justice. Our reunion will be calendared along with multiple other sustainability- and climate-themed …

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Associate Professor June Williamson, RA LEED AP, Department of Architecture Chair

by Katherine Gloede Silverman

1999: That year marked the first time I taught a class on building construction materials and methods to architecture students. I added a lecture on new ideas about green design, striving to explain the concept of sustainability with use of the nifty 3 “e’s” Venn diagram.The field of sustainability studies has come a long way since then,maturing into a pressing set of professional opportunities and challenges facing today’s students. 2004: Five years later, I arrived at City College as a “mature” graduate student, already a licensed Architect with twelve years of combined professional andteaching experience, and a toddler at home. …

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An Introduction: Sustainability’s New Academic Program Manager

by Katherine Gloede Silverman

Katherine Gloede Silverman has assumed the role of Program Manager of the Sustainability in the Urban Environment Program as of August 28th. George Smith was the director until the end of September, helping to assure a smooth transition. Katherine is thrilled to join the unique interdisciplinary Sustainability Program at City College. With more than ten years of experience studying climate change adaptation across multiple departments, she is excited to apply her background to support students’ goals at a diverse, public institution with both deep local roots and strong global reach. Katherine is looking forward to supporting the faculty mentors and …

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A Message from Former Program Manager George Smith

by Katherine Gloede Silverman

About nine years ago, after a decade of academic administration work at other colleges, I became an administrative assistant to the first Director of CCNY’s brand newSustainability in the Urban Environment program. I thought of the position as temporary, and had plans to return soon to freelance writing—something I’d done years earlier. But the program started to grow, one thing led to another, and a full-time Program Manager position emerged. Looking back, I’m glad I’ve been able to helpa series of program Directors (Latif Jiji, David Rumschitzki,Alan Feigenberg, and now of course Hillary Brown) to ensure that a farsighted new …

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