This poem was emailed to all the students in W4400 Dynamics of Climate Variability and Climate Change in the fall of 2007 during a particularly frustrating late night of pre-exam study. To all my friends who with me share The burden of this final act I call you now, to come, to dare And through this haze, this...
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Photo Essay. A typical week in the life a a Columbia University graduate student.
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Yes… there was another reason I came to Columbia University – because it is in New York. The United Nations also happens to be in New York. What a happy coincidence! Two days ago, I attended a conference on international crisis situations (think Rwanda, Bosnia Burma). It went for the whole day but it...
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I finally have some time to update all of my beloved fans of my progress. Actually, I’m siting in class right now and I’m very bored. The class is on probability. It makes sense to educate climate science grad students on probability, however, owing to our diverse backgrounds, it is also necessary to begin...
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A story told with a captivating wit that draws the reader into her world, Unpolished Gem is a polished work of the storyteller’s art. A simple story about growing up the daughter of immigrant parents the author gives the reader more than just an insight into her cultural melting pot of a world. She...
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This one one of a series of travel emails I sent to friends and family who wished to follow my travels through Latin America in the first half of 2007 “Do you want a bigger pole?” “Uh, yes… thanks” “Ideally, you want it to come up to about hip-height” “Actually, I’d like mine to come...
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This one one of a series of travel emails I sent to friends and family who wished to follow my travels through Latin America in the first half of 2007 Nothing really prepares you for the Iguazu falls. They’re big. Very big. They are the second most voluminous waterfalls in the world after Victoria falls,...
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Asuncion Do you like apples? Well… I’m going to one, a big one! How do you like them apples? Fine print: After a long and nail-biting wait, I have been admitted to the M.A. in Climate and Society at Columbia University in the City of New York. I still can’t quite believe it. Some fans have...
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This one one of a series of travel emails I sent to friends and family who wished to follow my travels through Latin America in the first half of 2007 Climate change. Those two words seem to be the words-of-the-moment at the moment. But what I’m talking about isn’t the climate change that almost-president Al...
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