Nusrat Sharmin, a Graduate Program in Urban Design major at The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at CCNY, is the recipient of the Career Development Grant from the American Association University of Women.
Nusrat Sharmin, a Graduate Program in Urban Design major at The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York, is the recipient of the Career Development Grant from the American Association University of Women. The grant provides funding to women who hold a bachelor’s degree and are preparing to advance, change careers or re-enter the workforce in education, health, medical sciences or social sciences.
AAUW’s mission is to advance gender equity for women and girls through research, education and advocacy. As the recipient of a $12,000 grant, Sharmin is able to cover her tuition for the entire 2020-21 academic year.
The award will help her cover expenses associated with her family and child care while attending school full-time. Her research interest is sustainable urbanism, and her work focuses on developing a framework that promotes the well-being of human society as well as the preservation of the environmental elements for future generations.
Sharmin will graduate with a master's degree in the spring of 2021.
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