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Current EPS Events Schedule
Each year EPS hosts events designed to expand educational opportunities, create interactions with policymakers, keep students and faculty up to date on new developments, enhance career opportunities, and just relax and have fun.
Past Events:
Fall 2008
December 3
Energy Efficiency—What Really Works?
Speakers: Bridgett Neely, Vice President of Energy Efficiency, New York City Economic Development Corporation; Lloyd Kass, Director, Energy Department, New York City Housing Authority; Jay Bhalla, President, Willdan Energy Solutions (aka Intergy Corporation); Luke Falk, Project Manager, NYSERDA New York City; Peter Meloro, Section Manager, Account Executive Group, Energy Efficiency Programs Department, ConEd; Moderated by Steve Cohen, Executive Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Director, Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy & Environmental Policy Concentration, School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.
September 27 - September 28
Concentration Retreat
The Environmental Policy Studies (EPS) concentration presents a retreat to Black Rock Forest, an opportunity for students to relax, team-build, and enjoy the scenic grounds.
Fall 2005
November 15
Nori Tarui, Post Doctoral Fellow, the Earth Institute at Columbia University
"Climate Change Policy and Experiences in Environmental Policy"
November 8
Andrew Voros, Adjunct Research Scientist Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University
"The Clean Ocean Shore Trust (COAST) The Maximization of Ecological, Economic Scenic Resources of the Hudson-Raritan Estuary."
October 25
Dr. John Mutter, Deputy Director, the Earth Institute at Columbia University
"The Earth Institute: An Overview and The Earth Sciences, Human Well-Being, and the Reduction of Global Poverty"
October 11
Art Lerner Lam, Doherty Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director for Seismology, Geology, and Tectonophysics at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Director of the Center of Hazards and Risk Research Hazards and Risk "Hazard and Risk Assessment and Management"
September 20
Carter Ingram, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, the Earth Institute at Columbia University
"Towards a Win-Win Culture in Conservation: Identifying the Means for Maximizing Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Reduction"
September 13
Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research, The Goddard Institute for Space Studies "The Greening Rooftops and Understanding Microclimates"
September 6
Professor Steve Cohen, Director, MPA in Environmental Science and Policy; Director, Office of Educational Programs at the Earth Institute at Columbia University "A Framework for Environmental Policy"