Announcing Our 2020–2024 Strategic Plan
Posted on May 20, 2020
Dear Colleagues and Friends, This spring concludes our celebration of the ASRC’s fifth year of work. We have recognized this milestone through a series of events that have engaged the CUNY community and other stakeholders in reflecting on how we will best pursue our vision: a world where human, societal and environmental well-being are vastly improved because ofRead More [...]
The ASRC Sensor CAT to Fund Fast-Track COVID-19 Research
Posted on April 8, 2020
More than 100 scientists from 22 research institutions and 15 companies joined the CUNY ASRC Sensor CAT on April 7th for a call-to-action webinar. [...]
CUNY Names Robin Garrell as The Graduate Center’s Next President
Posted on March 30, 2020
The Board of Trustees of The City University of New York today voted to appoint the next president of The Graduate Center. To lead The Graduate Center — CUNY’s prestigious hub of research and graduate education for the public good — the Trustees appointed Robin L. Garrell, vice provost for graduate education and graduate divisionRead More [...]
Seeding Science
Posted on December 12, 2019
ASRC Seed Grants Helped These CUNY Scientists Move from Ideas to Funded and Published Research [...]
Grid Reliability Under Climate Change Could Require More Power Generation Capacity Than We Thought
Posted on November 21, 2019
A new university/national laboratory study reveals the importance of factoring climate-water impacts into electric grid planning Researchers created a new modeling approach that accounts for climate and water impacts on electricity infrastructure development. The new analysis compares results with traditional modeling approaches that may or may not consider climate impacts, revealing that the U.S. powerRead More [...]
NSF and NIH Grants Totaling $6.4 Million Go to Three CUNY ASRC Scientists
Posted on September 27, 2019
Three researchers at the CUNY ASRC have been awarded multi-year, federal agency grants to address topics in protein regulation and the response of the U.S.’s food-energy-water systems to climate change. [...]
ASRC and GC Sciences Faculty and Students Publish Op-Ed for Climate Change Week NYC 2019
Posted on September 26, 2019
The Gotham Gazette op-ed offers pointers to help NYC gardeners mitigate contaminants in soil. [...]
Recent Study on Declining Snowpack Levels by ASRC Researcher Andrew Reinmann Featured in The New York Times
Posted on May 6, 2019
Maple trees need to be about 40 years old before they can be tapped for syrup, but a recent study suggests that the changing climate is a threat to that process of growth and renewal, said ASRC researcher Andrew Reinmann in The New York Times. [...]
Recent Study on Declining Snowpack Levels by ASRC Researcher Andrew Reinmann Featured in The Maple News
Posted on April 11, 2019
Details of ASRC Researcher Andrew Reinmann's latest study on the effect of declining snowpack levels on sugar maple trees have been featured in The Maple News: A loss of snowpack, and in turn a deeper frost layer, dramatically reduces the ability of the sugar maple to take up water and nutrients through frost damaged roots, according to researchers.Read More [...]
ASRC Researcher Andrew Reinmann Pens Article for The Conversation Exploring the Risk of Declining Winter Snowpack in Northeast Forests
Posted on December 4, 2018
Environmental Science Initiative researcher Andrew Reinmann has a new article published in The Conversation—a news platform that allows academics to share their expertise with the general public and shed light on key news events of the day. In this new piece, Reinmann and his research partner, Boston University researcher Pamela Templer, breakdown findings from theirRead More [...]
