Rhonda-Lee Davis joined the staff at CISC as an intern in 2011. After completing her undergraduate studies at Lafayette College, where she earned her BA in International Affairs, Rhonda-Lee discovered a passion for urban planning and community development. She is currently pursuing her M.A. in Urban Planning at Hunter College....
Carina has an MA in International Affairs with a focus on Cities and Urbanization from the New School University, where her research focused on ecological solutions to economic, social, and environmental challenges that cities face, in both the developed and developing world. She has a BA in International Affairs from the...
Dr. Waldman is the leading researcher on the City by the Coast Core Program Area. He is professor of biology at Queens College, City University of New York. Prior to this appointment in 2004, he was employed for 20 years by the Hudson River Foundation for Science and Environmental Research. He received his Ph.D. in 1986...
Dr. William Solecki is Director, CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities (CISC), and professor in the Department of Geography at Hunter College – CUNY. His research interests include urban environmental change, and climate impacts and adaptation. He has served on several U.S. National Research Council committees including...
Lesley Patrick joined the Institute as the program manager in 2007. She focuses on program development, fundraising and grant writing, and serves as project manager to CISC research projects. She was a member of the Science Planning Team of the New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC), co-lead of the statewide Coastal...
Oksana Mironova is a MUP candidate at the Urban Affairs and Planning Department at Hunter College. Her academic interests include affordable housing policy and international planning. She is also interested in urban history. She joined CISC in 2011, as a City Atlas intern. Today, she is working on the Green Initiative...
Peter Marcotullio is Distinguished Lecturer at Hunter College (2007 – present), City University of New York (CUNY), where he teaches in the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, the Department of Geography and in the CUNY Macaulay Honors College. His research interests include urban sustainable development, urban...
Dylan Gauthier joined the Institute as Media Coordinator in late 2010. Dylan is a media artist, designer and educator and has worked as media consultant, graphic, web and video designer and logistical engineer for non-profit and arts organizations and social justice groups in New York and abroad, and has collaborated...
Simon Gruber is an environmental planning and communications consultant specializing in water resources planning and protection, energy efficiency, high performance building and site design, and sustainable infrastructure. Since 1986 he’s worked with local and county government, non-profit organizations, and businesses...
Dr. Frei, the Deputy Director of CISC, is an associate professor in the Geography Department at Hunter College, CUNY. After receiving his Ph.D. from Department of Geography at Rutgers University in 1997, he spent four years at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), which is part of the Cooperative Institute for...
Mr. Brady graduated from Hunter College in 2009 with a BA in Geography. He joined the Institute in 2008 as a research assistant to the CUNY-wide Sustainability Curriculum Assessment and Recommendation Project. His work has since focused on researching climate protection levels and developing recommendations for climate...
In our research and events, CISC has partnered with and featured a broad range of groups and organizations. Partners Afiliates Regional Plan Association Bronx River Alliance New York City Department of City Planning New York Restoration Project Friends of Riverbank State Park Friends of The High Line Greenway Hudson...
The CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities was created out of the vision and financial support of Theodore Kheel, prominent labor negotiator, lawyer, and environmentalist. Forged as part of a strategic alliance between Kheel’s environmental organizations Earthpledge and Nurture Nature Foundation and the City University...
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Michael Brady, Research Assistant Mr. Brady graduated from Hunter College in 2009 with a BA in Geography. He joined the Institute in 2008 as a research assistant to the CUNY-wide Sustainability Curriculum Assessment and Recommendation Project. His work has since focused on researching climate protection levels and...
Contact The Institute for Sustainable CitiesCity University of New York Hunter College695 Park AvenueHunter East Building, Suite 1215New York, NY 10065 T: (212) 650 – 3456 Outreach CoordinatorCarina Molnar email: cmolnar@hunter.cuny.edu
Our MissionThe CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities (CISC) works to realize cities as part of the solution to global sustainability challenges. By merging the science of sustainability with innovative public programming, we examine opportunities available to cities—and their residents—for proactive responses to on-going...
More than 50% of the world’s population now lives in cities. And this number is only growing. How do we meet not only the basic needs of this new urban world, but actually surpass them, creating vibrant, sustainable and strong communities? Urban life is often thought of as devoid of the natural, but cities may hold the...
