Please join us for the Cornell Club of Boston's premier event of the year, the Annual Keynote Reception at the Royal Sonesta in Cambridge. Enjoy connecting with fellow Cornellians over heavy appetizers and drinks. The Cornell Club of Boston is excited to welcome this year’s keynote speaker, Linda Shi, Assistant Professor at Cornell University’s Department of City and Regional Planning. Speaking on climate change and how it unequally affects different people given their individual, housing and city characteristics, Dr. Shi will explore how cities’ efforts to adapt to climate change can exacerbate or mitigate the inequities in our communities and offer potential steps we can take towards greater fairness. The second part of our program will include voting on this year's slate of Cornell Club of Boston board members and some CCOB updates for the months ahead.

About the Speaker:

Linda Shi is Assistant Professor at Cornell University’s Department of City and Regional Planning. Her research concerns how to plan for urban climate adaptation in ways that improve environmental sustainability and social justice. She studies how aspects of urban land governance – including the fiscalization of land use, property rights regimes, and metropolitan regional institutions – shape climate vulnerability and adaptation responses. An urban environmental planner by training, Shi has worked for AECOM, the Institute for International Urban Development, and the Rocky Mountain Institute, and consulted for the World Bank and American Institute of Architects on projects and research in the U.S., Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Shi received a Ph.D. in urban and regional planning from MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning, a master's in urban planning from Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a bachelor's and master's in environmental management from Yale University.

When
June 22, 2022
6:30 pm

Where
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H Land Blvd, Cambridge, MA 02142

Cost
$45 General Ticket
$35 Young Alumni

Questions?
For Event related questions, please contact Meghan Brown, '13
For Registration related question, please contact: Katie Hart