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Reversing New Mexico’s Brain Drain Through Economic Diversification

  • Publication date February 4, 2026
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Guest blog by Rita Gaurin, LEG ’25 Over the past ten weeks, I’ve immersed myself in understanding one of New Mexico’s most pressing challenges: the persistent out-migration of our educated workforce and the struggle to diversify our economy beyond extractive industries. This journey has fundamentally shifted how I think about economic development, moving me from viewing problems…Continue Reading Reversing New Mexico’s Brain Drain Through Economic Diversification

Phosphate Decarbonization as a Catalyst for Growth in Morocco

  • Publication date February 2, 2026
Plants growing in a field

Guest blog by Soumaya Benzennou, LEG ’25 When I began this course, I thought my challenge was technical: how can a hard-to-abate sector like phosphates decarbonize? But over the ten weeks, something shifted. The more we learned about growth, complexity and inclusion, the more I realized that my real challenge was not about emissions. It was about people, incentives, institutions,…Continue Reading Phosphate Decarbonization as a Catalyst for Growth in Morocco