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CREST Students setting up HyperSAS on LISCO Platform

Posted on December 17, 2015 NOAA-CREST Students performs ocean research on the LISCO Platform.

EOS AGU research spotlight - Equisha Glenn

Posted on November 14, 2015 EOS AGU highlights Equisha Glenn's work on sea surface temperature ..

President Barack Obama addresses climate change in first Facebook video

Posted on November 10, 2015 President Obama launched his own Facebook page — a place for conversations with the American people about the most important issues facing our country. In his first post, the President invites you to join him for a walk on the South Lawn of the White House to discuss our efforts to combat climate change and his upcoming meeting with world leaders in Paris about global action to address this serious issue.

CREST Students win 2016 GRTSP award

Posted on October 20, 2015 CREST Student Equisha Glenn and Carlos Diaz win NOAA EPP GRTSP Award. The Educational Partnership Program (EPP) with Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Graduate Research and Training Scholarship Program (GRTSP)

CUNY Women in Science 2015: Breaking Barriers to Success

Posted on September 17, 2015 The Women in Science series, sponsored by CUNY Vice Chancellor for Research Gillian Small, aims to contribute to establishing a community of women scientists at CUNY by offering practical tools for building their careers as well as opportunities for networking with colleagues and establishing mentoring relationships.

11th Annual NOAA/NESDIS Cooperative Research Program Science Symposium

Posted on September 16, 2015 Emerging Technologies for Environmental Intelligence.The Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS) hosted this year's NOAA NESDIS Cooperative Research Program (CoRP) Science Symposium at the University of Maryland on September 16 and 17, 2015.The CoRP Science Symposium utilizes significant STAR, NOAA...

CREST Students win 2015-2017 NOAA EPP Undergraduate and Hollings Scholarships

Posted on August 24, 2015 CREST is deeply committed to mentoring and supporting all of our students. One key activity is “coaching” sophomore science and engineering students through the application process for the NOAA Hollings Scholarship and the NOAA EPP Undergraduate Scholarship Program (USP). CREST was particularly successful this year with a record 4 (four) students receiving one of these prestigious awards.

Samuel Oge, Sophomore Electrical Engineering student at the City College of New York

HIRES : 2015 Summer CREST outreach

Posted on August 17, 2015 HIRES focuses on STEM education which is an increasingly important part of the today’s workforce and economy. HIRES provides and encourages high-quality science and technology activities and initiatives in after-school programs.​

CUNY Summer STEM Research Symposium

Posted on August 15, 2015 CUNY Summer STEM Research Symposium was held today Thursday August 13, 2015 in the Great Hall of Shephard Hall, CCNY .The symposium was kicked-off at 10:00AM with opening remarks by Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi, CREST Center Director. Dr.marlene Kaplan, Deputy Director, NOAA...

CREST Scientists aids Nepal Quake disaster

Posted on August 1, 2015 After the powerful earthquake shook the very foundation of their work – the land under their project farms Tarendra Lakhankar, Ph.D., Jeeban Panthi and their colleagues launched into action. Nepal1.original