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Given the essential role of the power grid, electric utilities are in a unique position to lead disaster mitigation and preparedness.

Note: Class years are for the 2020-2021 academic year that was just completed. School: Rollins School of Public Health Program: Master of Public Health, 1st year Age: 28 Called to action As a college sophomore in their hometown of San Diego, Crescent Alcid worked on LGBTQIA+ issues, gender equity and cross-cultural issues with peers. Later, they participated in demonstrations to decry the death of George Floyd at the knee of a police officer. But it wasn’t until they moved to Atlanta to pursue an MPH last summer that their activism took off. Immediately after settling in, Alcid engaged with...

While once hegemonic, the Western model of development cannot claim to be morally superior in today’s multipolar world.

April 22, 2021 Karla Godoy Da Costa Lima (MDP '22), a native of Brazil, wants to use her degree to help reduce poverty among women and promote sustainable development, especially in the Global South. Karla Godoy Da Costa Lima feels like it’s her calling to empower other women. Born in a Brazilian favela, Karla was surrounded by inequality, fear, and lack of choice, but her mother, grandmothers, and sisters were role models for strong, powerful women. They showed her how women do not have to conform to what life offers them.  “Growing up seeing examples of women overcoming poverty to ...

Part of a new infrastructure plan calls for upgrading service between Riverhead and Ronkonkoma by adding an electrified track. (Joe Werkmesiter photo) An ambitious proposal to bring “world-class” high-speed rail to the Northeast, including a 16-mile rail tunnel that would connect Long Island and Connecticut, could provide a critical boost to the East End with an upgraded electrified rail connecting Riverhead to Long Island Rail Road’s Ronkonkoma hub. A panel of officials from Suffolk County, Connecticut and Boston discussed the North Atlantic Rail Initiative durin...