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Students from GCPE’sÌýfour masters programs present their culminating research spanning a range of topics including tenant rights, climate mitigation, sensory placemaking, and urban agriculture.

04/25 – CRP Thesis I, 5-9pmÌý

Melina Lawrence, Remembrance and Erasure: The Power of Co-Named Streets in New York City
Pratap Jayaram,ÌýEvictions Are Violent, We Will Not Be Silent: A Mixed Methods Study on Tenant Harassment and Public Safety
Evan Tuten, Joint development on the IBX: An equitable transit value capture
Bhavini Kapur, Building (with) Cannabis Economies: Envisioning a regenerative economic ecosystem for cannabis-based building construction materials in the South Bronx
Alyssa Bement, Assessing Equitable Food Policy in NYC: A case study of the FRESH program in Southside Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Monali Gandhi, Just Transition: Addressing the affordable housing crisis through green infrastructure and construction strategies by repurposing deserted parking lots in Atlanta
Christopher Streat,ÌýDisaster Housing in Urban Centers

04/28 – SES Capstone, 4-7pmÌýÌý

Alexis O’Rourke, Riparian Retreat: A Green Infrastructure Parking Solution for the Bronx Zoo
Keshvi Ahir,ÌýNavigating the Climate Mobilization Act; A Feasibility Study for Rooftop Solar as a Compliance Measure for Local Law 97
Alex Blakeslee,ÌýEquity in Existing Buildings: Window Maintenance and Weatherization in Bronx CD7 as a Model for Climate Mitigation
Harrison Nesbit,ÌýGreen Lanes System: Reimagining New York City’s Greenways to Address Climate Resilience and Biodiversity in the Right-of-Way
Elisia Langdon,ÌýPlanning for Stewardship: Towards a Community-Based Model of Green Infrastructure Maintenance in NYC

05/01 – SES Capstone, 4-7pmÌý

Natt Slober,ÌýAddressing Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa (Liberia)
Rajvi Shah,ÌýAssessing Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s Scope 3 for Real Estate and Construction Industries: Emissions and Impacts of Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCM’s)
Anna Browne,ÌýClimate Hazards and Homelessness: How NYC Hazard Mitigation Efforts Can Better Serve People Experiencing Homelessness
Sarah Varghese,ÌýIntegration strategies for climate displaced communities in NYC: Community-informed policy tools for inclusive language and stakeholder engagement.
Joseph Roukos,ÌýMade Locally: Assessing the Feasibility of Creating a Network of Small Businesses in NYC

05/01 – UPM DPC, 5-8pm

Semire Bayatli,ÌýSensory Placemaking
Marium Naveed,ÌýSociability for Transit Stations: The G Line, Brooklyn
Zein Ali Ahmad,ÌýDigital Play to Reduce Social Tension: Beirut
Clay Grable,ÌýEquity in Waterfront Resiliency Projects: Kingston, NY
Maithri Shankar,ÌýPlacemaking for the Internet

05/02 – CRP Thesis I, 5-9pmÌý

Molly Blann, Planning Care Infrastructure
Fransini Alberto,ÌýExploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Small Businesses in Brooklyn, NY
Nadav Bigelman,ÌýQuantifying Brooklyn Street Tree Shade
Shoshana Levy,ÌýÌýRenter Asset Building: A paradigm shift in American wealth creation for low-income families
Danielle Baez,ÌýPost-Disaster Emergency Housing: A Strategy to Address the Housing Crisis
Stephanie Lichaytoo,ÌýPromoting Equity and Diversity in the Brooklyn Tech Triangle: A Strategic Plan Analysis
Ayah Alruwais,ÌýPeople as Infrastructure: Examining the Feasibility of Participatory Planning in Riyadh’s Urban and Community Development

05/03 – HP Thesis II, 6-9:30pm

Diego Rivadeneira,ÌýÌýDesign and Preservation: New Canaan’s Library
Tara Hopp,ÌýPreserving Place in New York City’s Garment District
Megan Maize,ÌýFederal Indian Boarding Schools: Memory, Voice and Interpretation
Ethan Brown,ÌýRevitalizing the Towns of Route 66: Does Italy’s ‘Albergo Diffuso’ Model Translate?
Katherine E. Pioch,ÌýThe Heritage Environment of Venice’s Lagoon
Mahnoor Fatima, The Road Not Taken: Analyzing Informal Tour Networks in Lahore, Pakistan

05/05 – CRP Thesis II, 5-7:45pm

Rita Musello-Kelliher,ÌýQueer Community Resilience, Riis Beach, Queens
Amelia Clark,ÌýBus Terminal Placemaking, NYC
Felix Zamora,ÌýCitywide Urban Agriculture, Union, NJ
Kevin Garcia,ÌýLow Emission Zones, NYC
Helen Harman,ÌýFlushing Creek Resilience, Queens

05/08 – UPM DPC, 5-8pm

Alex Zarookian,ÌýPlacemaking for Community Climigration
Walker Johnston,ÌýHealing from Trauma Through Embodied Placemaking
Robyn Stebner,ÌýGenerating New Public Spaces Through Placemaking
Alex Lipnik,ÌýThe Impact of E-Commerce and Delivery on Our Streets