Founding director of the Energy, Climate & Sustainability Lab at NYU.
Dec 14 , 2024 . By Carolyn Kissane
I have always avoided taking pills unless absolutely necessary: when I am genuinely u...
Dec 7 , 2024 . By Carolyn Kissane
It has been several months since my mother-in-law passed away, and we have yet to sha...
Nov 30 , 2024 . By Carolyn Kissane
Our choices come with hidden social costs. Sometimes, they are as trivial as deciding...
Nov 23 , 2024 . By Carolyn Kissane
I was returning from dropping my son off at school when I saw a young mother huddled on a rough stone by the roadside. Her infant was strapp...
Nov 16 , 2024 . By Carolyn Kissane
There are certain promises we make to ourselves—things we swear never to do again. I had made such a promise about taking the city bus. An...
Nov 2 , 2024 . By Carolyn Kissane
I found myself in a desperate situation last week, completely out of water at home. With a growing thirst that could not be quenched, I turn...
Oct 26 , 2024 . By Carolyn Kissane
There was a time when the allure of America captivated me, as it has for many peers chasing the famed Ame...
Oct 20 , 2024 . By Carolyn Kissane
Working from home blurs the lines between professional and personal life. It has only been a week since I transitioned into this routine, an...
Jun 15 , 2024 . By Carolyn Kissane
My friend confided in me about her growing frustration with her sister's newfound messiness. Usually tidy, her sister had become laser-focus...
Jun 8 , 2024 . By Carolyn Kissane
For months, I have dreamt of launching a simple, low-cost business. Just planning it filled me with excitement, but taking the first steps ...
Jun 1 , 2024 . By Carolyn Kissane
On my way home last week, I found myself inside a taxi behind a Gen-Z couple. They exuded youthfulness, and throughout the journey, they con...
May 11 , 2024 . By Carolyn Kissane
A lengthy phone call with a close friend recently left me surprised. She brought up a familiar issue, se...
May 9 , 2026
The Ethiopian state appears to have discovered a fiscal instrument that is politicall...
May 2 , 2026
By the time Ethiopia's National Dialogue Commission (ENDC) reached the end of its fir...
Apr 25 , 2026
In a political community, official speeches show what governments want their citizens...
For much of the past three decades, Ethiopia occupied a familiar place in the Western...
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