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INFEWS student appointed to the Board of Commissioners for the LADWP
Few organizations in Los Angeles exemplify the nexus of energy and water than the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). In October of 2022, INFEWS student Nurit Katz (2022-2023 cohort) was appointed by Mayor Garcetti to serve on the Board of Commissioners...
Sick of It: ‘Pollution in Watts’ Event
by Danielle Hoague Summary This event was held at the Watts Labor Community Action Committee Center in south-central Los Angeles on April 15th, 2022. The event, titled “Sick of It,” was organized around environmental issues about air, water, and soil...
An Unintended Experiment: COVID-19 and its effects on our environment
By Bineh Ndefru, Stephanie Kawecki, and Priera Panescu The year 2020 has been an unprecedented year of change. With the drastic rise of global COVID-19 cases occurring in early 2020, our lives practically changed overnight. We are working at home more and commuting...
Arctic Forecast: Sunny with a Higher Chance of Carbon Emissions
By Alexandria Herr Thawing permafrost might result in more carbon emissions than previously thought. The culprit? Sunshine. In a new study, researchers from the University of Michigan and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution simulated the impacts of sunlight on the...
Outside of My Comfort: Interning in Japan
By Patricia McNeil From what I see, the future of science is the push for diversity and interdisciplinary work. Yet it is still rare for a program to offer the opportunities that push a young graduate student outside their comfort zone. A lot of the work we do is...
LA Makers: Journey from Discovery to Market Event
On Thursday April 25, 2019 4-6pm in the CNSI Auditorium, INFEWS and the Magnify incubator co-sponsored this event along with LA Cleantech Incubator (LACI) as a collaborator. Paula Diaconescu gave an overview about the INFEWS program, Brian Benson spoke about Magnify,...
INFEWS Seminar with Bonnie Nixon
Sense of Urgency and Agency- Social and Environmental Transformation On April 18, 2019, INFEWS students had the pleasure of engaging with Bonnie Nixon during our Brown Bag seminar. Nixon has worked as a sustainability executive, environmental and human rights supply...