Tishman Environment and Design Center Earth Day Events Advocate for Climate Justice and Community Resiliency
The first Earth Day took place 50 years ago, giving voice to growing concerns about the pollution of the environment — oil spills, toxic dumping, pesticides, the extinction of wildlife — and its harmful effects on human life. Since that first event in 1970, Earth …
Racheal Notto (MS ’18) Responds to the Covid-19 Crisis in Western Queens
Racheal Notto (MS ’18) has been volunteering with LIC Relief, a charity focused on the impacts of Covid-19 specifically food insecurity and the local economy. She’s volunteering there about 15 hours a week helping with meal distribution, managing the food pantry, and looking for new partners. She …
Milano Minute | Alum Jeff Lindor talks about having the entrepreneurial bug
Jeff Lindor (MS ‘15) is Founder and CEO of The Gentlemen’s Factory, a coworking social club for men of color and a space where members encourage, engage, and support one another. What started while Jeff was earning a Master’s degree at Milano grew into an …
If We Don’t Fight Inequality, Covid-19’s Effects Will Persist and Blight Our Future
By James A. Parrott and Lina Moe A crisis, either personal or social, can clarify what tasks are important, what choices really matter, and what values are essential. That’s certainly true of the crisis New Yorkers face because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Because on the social …