Sustainable Development Program Awards 2025 Departmental Honors – State of the Planet
Each year, the Climate School Office of Undergraduate Programs celebrates graduating students with the Departmental Honors Award for their outstanding academic achievement in the Sustainable Development program. This year, four students were selected: Rachel Brzezicki, Harrison Gerson, Esha Karam and Yoon Kim. As recipients of Departmental Honors, all students maintained a 3.7 GPA in their major courses and received at least a B+ in two semesters of the senior thesis seminar.
For this spotlight, we caught up with Brzezicki, Gerson and Karam about their time at Columbia and post-graduation plans.
Sustainable Development Class of 2025 Award winners. From left to right: Emine Taha (Gaffin Award), Harrison Gerson (Departmental Honors, Gaffin Award), Rachel Brzezicki (Departmental Honors)...