How Fast Will Biden Need To Move On Climate? Really, Really Fast
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In a flurry of first-week executive orders, President Biden sent a definitive message that his administration would move faster on climate change than any before. Now, the question is whether it will be fast enough.
Scientists warn that the coming decade will be critical for slowing heat-trapping emissions, potentially keeping average annual global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to the mid-19th century. Right now, the world is on track for an increase of 3 degrees Celsius, a level that ensures more destructive wildfires and hurricanes, devastation for coral reefs and rising seas flooding the coastlines.
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Last week, Ayiana Davis Polen finally set foot on the campus of Spelman College a historically Black liberal arts school for women in Atlanta. She s a freshman there but had started her college experience last fall taking classes from her bedroom in Puerto Rico.
Back then, she wasn t sure if it felt like college but then again, she had nothing to compare it with.
Now, she s about to. Spelman, like many colleges across the U.S., is beefing up its in-person offerings for the spring semester. For Davis Polen, that meant there was a spot for her in a dorm on the picturesque campus.
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Colleges Add More In-Person Classes For Spring, Amid High Risk Of Coronavirus Spread By
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Last week, Ayiana Davis Polen finally set foot on the campus of Spelman College â a historically Black liberal arts school for women in Atlanta. She s a freshman there but had started her college experience last fall taking classes from her bedroom in Puerto Rico.
Back then, she wasn t sure if it felt like college â but then again, she had nothing to compare it with.
Now, she s about to. Spelman, like many colleges across the U.S., is beefing up its in-person offerings for the spring semester. For Davis Polen, that meant there was a spot for her in a dorm on the picturesque campus.
Scholarship winner comes home to lead
‘Representation matters,’ says SECU’s Kelli Holloway.
February 2, 2021 by Darla Dernovsek, CU Magazine
Kelli Holloway expected her college scholarship from State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) Foundation, Raleigh, N.C., to lead to a career as a lawyer.
Instead, it led her to become vice president of member education and outreach at $46 billion asset SECU.
Holloway’s path curved toward her hometown after she graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An only child, she returned to Raleigh to help care for her mom while saving money for law school.
She hoped being a scholarship recipient would give her an edge in getting a job at SECU and she was quickly offered a position as a financial services officer helping members with loans and mortgages.
Originally published on February 4, 2021 9:52 am
Last week, Ayiana Davis Polen finally set foot on the campus of Spelman College a historically Black liberal arts school for women in Atlanta. She s a freshman there but had started her college experience last fall taking classes from her bedroom in Puerto Rico.
Back then, she wasn t sure if it felt like college but then again, she had nothing to compare it with.
Now, she s about to. Spelman, like many colleges across the U.S., is beefing up its in-person offerings for the spring semester. For Davis Polen, that meant there was a spot for her in a dorm on the picturesque campus.