Tag: SIPA

“Wash your hands!” and Other Advice for Undergraduate Students from Columbia Graduate Students

by Guest Blogger | 5.14.2012 at 4:32pm

Ph.D. students delving deep into some of the world’s complex sustainability issues offered advice to current undergraduates interested in pursuing their own research questions.

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Category> General Earth Institute   Tags> department of earth and environmental sciences, department of earth and evironmental engineering, Mailman School of Public Health, SIPA, undergraduate major in sustainable development, undergraduate program in sustainable development news

From Development Practitioner to National Leader: Lessons from Garry Conille, Prime Minister of Haiti

by Earth Institute | 12.8.2011 at 2:55pm | 3 Comments

Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille met with students and scientists of the Earth Institute to explore core issues of Haiti’s growth and development.

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Category> Agriculture-Food, Global Health, Natural Disasters, Poverty / Economic Development   Tags> CGSD, CIESIN, Developing Countries, Earthquakes, Global, Haiti, Infrastructure, Millennium Villages, MPA-DP, Regeneration, SIPA, Sustainable Development

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