The CUNY Immersive Research Experience Climate Scholars (CIRE-CS) program will provide an opportunity for 14 CUNY undergraduates to develop research, communication, and decision-making skills, and prepare for climate-focused careers across a variety of disciplines, such as renewable energy, environmental policy, sustainability, climate science, climate policy, environmental justice, and climate journalism.
The Locke Interdisciplinary Capstone in Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change, endowed by Professor Susan Locke, Professor Emerita, brings together faculty representing two different disciplines and a small group of students. Topics and faculty, representing Weissman, Zicklin, and Marxe Schools, will vary from year to year. This capstone focuses on the timely and critically important challenge of understanding the state and fate of the Earth.
Over the past two years, our team has collected and collated data from several low-income neighborhoods including, Kingsbridge Heights in the Bronx and East Flatbush in Brooklyn, creating a detailed report that provides a real-time snapshot of these communities, profiling in stark relief the ways that climate change is taking its toll. Most recently, Colgate-Palmolive generously sent three students to present their research in the UK!
Baruch is CUNY’s climate resiliency and innovation research hub. A global leader in interdisciplinary climate change and sustainability business and policy innovation, a catalyst for a well-prepared NYC-based workforce ready to take on the opportunities of a transition to a decarbonized economy, and the challenges of climate impact resilience.