Bard graduate Dalia Najar– BA ’14 (Biology) and MS (Environmental Policy) ’17– made history two years ago as the youngest Executive Manager ever in her company, Farouk Systems, which produces hair products in Palestine. Now she has helped steer a $1,000,000 donation to support investments in Palestinian agriculture. Farouk Systems …
Top three things I have learned from living in Fiji for five months: there is never a bad time for a nap, the Pacific Ocean is arguably the most powerful thing on the planet, coconut trees are arguably the most useful things on the planet. A few months …
Many thanks to the Lake Champlain Committee and to the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Center (NEIWPCC) for permission to reprint this article. It first appeared in the NEIWPCC’s Enewsletter and then on the LCC’s “LCC at Work” website. Author Jaclyn Harrison graduated from Bard CEP in 2011. She’s …
Jordan Kincaid’s (CEP13) two recent publications–one, an opinion piece in Boulder’s Daily Camera, and the other a scholarly article in the journal Ethics, Policy and the Environment–encapsulate the variety of writing our alums practice in their professional careers, and that we value at Bard CEP. In both pieces, geared to very …
Alan Kroeger, who graduated from Bard CEP in 2014, saw the launch of a major project on halting tropical deforestation at Climate Week in NYC in September. Out of months of research, interviews, and regional consultations, Kroeger and his co-authors have developed a list of 10 evidence-based priorities to remove …
In a recent article in the American Bar Association’s Nuclear Law Committee Newsletter, 2013 alum Maxine Segarnick argues that, in order for the U.S. to join other nations in the modern era of reactor technology, it must adjust its regulatory framework to consider non-light water reactors (LWRs). She points out …
Bard CEP’s Dalia Najjar, who graduated in May 2017, has joined Farouk Systems Palestine as its Executive Manager. Farouk Systems, Inc. is a Houston-based company that manufactures high quality hair care products. It has 144 branches worldwide, and Najjar is the youngest Executive Manager in company history. Najjar drew on …
By Keston Mario Finch (CEP16) This might very well be the busiest year ever of the Atlantic hurricane season. With two months left, the Americas shudder at the thought of who’s next, and when. Three major hurricanes—Harvey, Irma, and most recently Maria—made landfall within a one-month timespan, seriously damaging several …
Kristen Wilson, who graduated from Bard CEP in 2007, is the City of Kingston, NY’s Grants Manager. She and a team of city and county officials and community members worked around the clock to prepare Kingston’s proposal for the highly competitive “Downtown Revitalization Initiative” grant. The award, announced by Governor …
The fact sheet below summarizes a just-released IUCN report researched and co-authored by Molly Gilligan (CEP15) and her colleague Laura Sabater. Women’s participation and gender considerations in country representation, planning and reporting to the BRS Conventions takes stock of the BRS Gender Action Plan’s effectiveness in ensuring gender considerations in the management …
