Class Notes
A compilation of news and updates from SEAS and PitE alumni, all in one spot.
A compilation of news and updates from SEAS and PitE alumni, all in one spot.
Singer-songwriter Cynthia Shih (MS/MBA ’13) travels the world playing her soulful indie pop music to audiences large and small. Performing under the stage name Vienna Teng, Shih draws inspiration for her songs from the world around her, including climate issues.
Growing up, Elizabeth Wallace (MS/MBA ’22) watched as her mom ran an environmental education nonprofit in her free time. Her mom’s passion made it clear to Wallace that this work was important, thought it was less clear that working in nonprofits could be her career path. A defining trip to Chile shifted Wallace's view after a powerful earthquake struck.
Elliott Kurtz (MS ’17), a senior geospatial analyst at Chesapeake Conservancy, gives credit to his father for helping him discover his career path. His dad convinced him to take a Geographic Information Systems class in his sophomore year of college, which led him to SEAS.
When Eshanthi Ranasinghe (MS/MBA ’12) worked at Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm, it awakened in her a realization that the unique blend of business know-how and systems thinking she gained at SEAS could be used for meaningful social change. Now, she is using her skill set to make an even bigger impact at The Audacious Project.
SEAS Associate Professor and hydrologist Drew Gronewold is interested in understanding how climate change and changes in different rates of water use impact water supplies and water levels across Earth’s large lakes and freshwater systems.
We all use energy in our daily lives, but how often do we stop to think about what it takes for that energy to be produced and then transmitted to us? Frances Arthur (MS ’22), an analyst at Daymark Energy Advisors, is doing the thinking for you.