Apoorva Muthukumar is currently interning at the United Nations Climate Change at the Communications and Outreach Programme. She works in two of the teams, one is an initiative by the UNFCCC, called Momentum for Change which showcases a light on climate action from non-party stakeholders and the private sector. They have five pillars for their projects, Women for Results, ICT Solutions, Finance for climate friendly investment, Planetary Health and Climate Neutral Now. For which, she’s working on their social media, their website updates for their Lighthouse activities 2017 awards launch and all the upcoming activities and events
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Lisabeth Tremblay, currently Project Manager at NY-Sun, is a familiar name to many EPSM students. From her legendary internship with Brooklyn Brewery to her appearances at orientation, she has continued to connect with the community as an alumna. Learn more about her experience below. Students are welcome to connect with her on LinkedIn and email. Why did you choose to study at The New School’s Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy?I was really drawn by the diversity of New York City, and knew that living here would open my mind and eyes to so many opportunities. The New
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Oisín O'Brien is currently working as the Director of Research and Data Analytics at GridMarket, a NYC-based startup. He reflects on Milano’s prioritization of group work and interdisciplinary perspectives as having prepared him for the complex environmental, policy, and business problems he encounters. Questions for Oisín? Reach out. Why did you choose to study at The New School’s Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy?Milano’s EPSM program appealed to me because the school’s framework for preparing professionals to tackle climate change contrasted from the type of environmental activism that historically characterized the movement in the 20th century to focus
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EPSM Alumnus Frederick Zindell is currently working in customer service and sales for a social enterprise called IceStone, which manufactures countertops out of recycled glass and concrete. He credits Milano for his honed skills in understanding and communicating about complex systems. Questions for Frederick? You can reach him by email. When did you choose the EPSM program? Was it related to the career you envisioned for yourself?I took five years after undergrad to decide to go back to school. There wasn’t a clear career for me, but I knew I needed to pursue something that I was passionate about. My
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Our latest Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management alumni spotlight is Benjamin J. Silverman, currently serving as a CivicSpark AmeriCorps Fellow in Oakland, California (more on that later).While at Milano, Ben dug deep into important university affairs, strategically using his position as the University Student Senate’s New School for Public Engagement representative and USS Co-Chair. Wanting to create a lasting difference, he launched The New School’s successful Fossil Fuel Divestment movement, first gaining support from his fellow students, before ultimately convincing the Board of Trustees. Ben says of the experience, “I really feel like this should be seen as a model
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Devashree Ghosh earned her Master’s degree in Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management (EPSM) from the Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy at The New School in Spring 2015. Before coming to The New School, this recent alum worked to reduce factory-related operating costs through energy efficiency and water conservation projects in Special Economic Zones in India.What brought you to Milano’s EPSM program and The New School?The New School is well known in the community for its programs in design and social research. Their students and faculty have been change-makers, which resonated strongly with my career vision. The urban
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“I’m always amazed by what can be accomplished when you throw a bunch of really creative and intelligent people into one room for just an hour—let alone for nearly a week,” says Lisabeth Tremblay. The newly-minted Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy alumna, along with fellow classmate Zachary Koser, recently spent four days in Chicago witnessing just that sort of brain power—at a training session for the highly selective Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps. The EDF Climate Corps is a summer fellowship that places specifically trained graduate students from a variety of disciplines in companies, cities and
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