Monthly Archives: November 2012

Writing in the Disciplines

Math:APA

lab reports
articles
technical manuals
research grants

Civil Engineering: ASCE style guidelines

types of writing:
project proposals
technical articles
manuals

CST/Electrical Engineering:MLA and APA?/IEEE

types of writing:
reports
instructions
code in different computer languages (MatLab, Python)

Architecture: tbd

Liberal Arts and Sciences:  MLA guidelines

(Jeanette, Marjorie, Yesenia, Anthony, Sonam )

types of writing:

essays
research papers
lab reports

Graphic Design:  MLA

types of writing:

proposals
design briefs

NYC and Climate Change Readings

Dear Students,

I’ve compiled some readings on the recent storm, as well as some really interesting NYC and NYState reports on Climate Change.  They are below.

 

NYC and Climate Change Readings
Prepared by Johannah Rodgers for NYCCT/CUNY
Updated November 4, 2012

Reports/White Papers

Union of Concerned Scientists:  Confronting Climate Change in the Northeast

MTA Report on Climate Change

Vision 2020: NYC Comprehensive Waterfront Plan
(Chapter 3 of report deals specifically with Climate Change)

Some Recent Articles on How to Rebuild
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/nyregion/after-getting-back-to-normal-the-big-job-is-to-face-a-new-reality.html?hp&_r=0

Some Recent Articles on the Storm

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/nov/01/hurricane-sandy-warning-science/

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/the-article-that-predicted-the-new-york-subway-storm-surge-problem/264199/#
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-02/listening-to-hurricane-sandy-climate-change-is-here.html?cmpid=otbrn.sustain.story

Some Recent Editorials

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/17/climate-change-arctic-melts-editorial

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2012/10/30/sandy-climate-change-politics/1670073/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-will-hurricane-sandy-be-our-wake-up-call/2012/11/01/eb50acd6-2447-11e2-ac85-e669876c6a24_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-comes-next-after-sandy/2012/10/31/e69d23ac-239f-11e2-ba29-238a6ac36a08_story.html

What You Can Do About Climate Change
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/what-you-can-do

http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/urgentissues/global-warming-climate-change/help/tips-from-a-nature-conservancy-scientist.xml