NECEC Competitors

Ranked in the top 10 schools and programs of public health in the world by US News and World Report, Boston University School of Public Health provides the opportunity to engage in world-renowned research, scholarship, social justice, and public health practice. Founded in 1976, BUSPH offers master- and doctoral-level education in public health, as well as continuing learning opportunities. The faculty in six departments (biostatistics; community health sciences; environmental health; epidemiology; global health; and health law, policy & management) conduct policy-changing public health research around the world, with the mission of improving the health of populations—especially the disadvantaged, underserved, and vulnerable—locally, nationally, and internationally.

The U.S. Department of Energy's primary national laboratory for energy systems research and development.

Established in 1970, NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council) works to safeguard the earth, its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. Our team of more than 800 lawyers, policy experts, scientists, economists, and communications specialists work across the United States and around the world, from offices in Washington D.C., New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, and Santa Monica, as well as a representative office in Beijing and affiliate offices in New Delhi (through NRDC’s wholly owned for-profit subsidiary, NRDC India Private Limited) and London (through its UK-based partner NRDC International).