Join your fellow SUMAsters for a Museum Meet-up at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, followed by a Cultural Outing dinner to Amy Ruth's Restaurant. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the world's leading research facilities devoted to the preservation of materials on the global African and African diasporan … Continue reading Museum Meet-up & Cultural Outing

Please join us at the New York Society for Ethical Culture (NYSEC), Thursday, April 30th to hear dynamic legislative and policy leaders like the Honorable Barney Frank and Columbia's Earth Institute leader Steven Cohen confront the question of whether major public service initiatives, the next Big Idea, like job creation, climate sustainability, gender equality, immigration and civil rights … Continue reading New York Society on Ethical Culture: Champions of Change

Join Urban Green Council's Emerging Professionals (EP) along with several New York City graduate programs focused on green building and sustainability.  This is a chance to mingle with graduate students from other programs across the city, and a great opportunity for young professionals considering graduate school to meet current and former students.  The event is … Continue reading Sustainability Graduate Mixer

The Harvard science historian and the co-author of "Merchants of Doubt," will discuss how advertising, marketing and economics have come to dominate public policy debates on such science matters as climate change, ozone depletion, acid rain, and even tobacco use. A documentary film based on her book is currently in release from SONY Pictures.  Dr. … Continue reading Writing About Global Science for the International Media: Naomi Oreskes

This special presentation is offered as part of the celebration of Earth Day and as an open session of Professor Claudia Dreifus’ class "Writing About Global Science for the International Media." Ms. Lubber directs Ceres Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), a group of 100 institutional investors managing nearly $10 trillion in assets focused on the … Continue reading Using the Tools of the System to Save the Planet: A Talk with Mindy S. Lubber