Author: <span>Dalia Najjar</span>

Transition: Student to Employee

When I first arrived in Switzerland to start my internship at KB Oil Environmental, I had million thoughts going on in my mind. I was really glad to start a new experience in a new country. However, it was very different. I was used to the Bard bubble, where you …

From Environmental Health to Oil Sludge Treatment- NY to Geneva

Ever since I started my first year as a Bard CEP student, I wanted to intern at an environmental health institution to work on vector-borne diseases whose transmission is facilitated by climate change. This was not only my area of interest but was also my comfort zone. However, I’ve ended …

That Bites: How Climate Change Increases the Spread of Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Did you know that climate change has a lethal “bite” that may cost thousands of women their health, their lives and their future? “I spent ages blaming myself, the government and constantly asking myself why this happened to me.” This is how Vanessa Oliveira expressed her feelings of guilt and remorse after …