Summer 2016 Newsletter

We wish you all a productive and wonderful summer! 

Commencement
Thirteen E-IPER students participated in the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, June 12. E-IPER Sykes Family Faculty Director  Peter Vitousek  introduced the PhD graduates, and affiliated faculty members  Nicole Ardoin , Kevin Arrigo Meg Caldwell , Jamie Jones Len Ortolano, and  Steve Luby had the honor of hooding their doctoral students. Joint MS students were introduced by E-IPER Associate Director
Susannah Barsom  and hooded by Peter Vitousek.     

Those participating in the ceremony included: PhD students Whitney BaggeGregory BratmanMichael OvadiaNikhil SaweAiga Stokenberga, and Aaron Strong; Joint MS-MBA students Nicholas FlandersNadine LehnerTomas OcampoAlexandre SpitzGreg Stillman, and Paul Zhu; and Joint MS-JD student Neil Raina.

Additional 2015-16 graduates include Joint MS-MBA students Andrew Fleeter, Marcela Ochoa Ramos, Christian Okoye and Joint MS-JD students Elizabeth Jones and Rose Stanley .

 
  E-IPER PhD and Joint MS graduates 
At the ceremony, we were pleased to present our first-ever student award for extraordinary service to PhD graduate Aaron Strong. Aaron's mentorship shapes the future generations of E-IPER students; his teaching enlightens both graduate and undergraduate students about the relationship between humans and the natural world; and his leadership sets a clear example of service that inspires others to contribute to Stanford and to the broad community beyond.

  Congratulations to all 2015-2016 E-IPER graduates!

E-IPER in Manhattan

On Thursday, June 16, New York-based Stanford alumni and students joined in a unique networking event focused on the intersection of business, sustainability, and clean energy. Held at the Yale Club, over 80 MS-MBA and MBA alumni and students from six peer institutions caught up with old friends and made new connections through a facilitated "speed networking" activity.
 
Participants came from organizations such as JP Morgan, Ford Foundation, Honeywell, Encourage Capital, and Chipotle amongst many others. This event is the second from co-hosts Stanford E-IPER, Michigan's Erb Institute, Duke's Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment, Cornell's Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, MIT's Sustainability Initiative, and Yale's Center for Business and the Environment. We will continue to host similar events and look forward to more ways to collaborate in the future with this group of peers.

Anjana Richards (E-IPER Joint MS Program Manager), Emily Steinberg (MS-MBA 2014) of Sunrun, and Danielle Joseph (MS-MBA 2nd year)Not pictured: Matt Mo (MS-MBA 2015) of Morgan Stanley and Susannah Barsom (E-IPER Associate Director), and James Lavin (MBA 1980) of Electron Storage, Inc.  

Dean's Award

Congratulations to E-IPER Assistant Director Jennifer Mason for earning the School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences Dean's Award for Distinguished and Exemplary Service.
Edited by:
Susannah Barsom,  Jennifer Mason, and Anjana Richards 
 
Thank you to all for your continued  support of E-IPER!

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