Overall Rating | Gold |
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Overall Score | 82.81 |
Liaison | Aaron Durnbaugh |
Submission Date | April 12, 2023 |
Loyola University Chicago
AC-10: Support for Sustainability Research
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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4.00 / 4.00 |
Aaron
Durnbaugh Director of Sustainability Office of Sustainability |
Does the institution have an ongoing program to encourage students in multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
A brief description of the student sustainability research program:
Carbon Undergraduate Research Fellowship:
Undergraduate science and math students from Loyola University Chicago are invited to apply to the prestigious Michael and Dorothy Carbon Fellowship Program. This program offers a full two-year, interdisciplinary research opportunity for undergraduate science students to increase scientific literacy, critical thinking, and verbal and written communication skills while developing a student's leadership potential and sense of social responsibility. Up to eight Carbon Fellows are funded each academic year. Students receive a stipend of $7,000 per year to help offset their student costs.
Undergraduate Research Fellowship:
The SES Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program brings innovative research opportunities to students at Loyola University Chicago. Fellows conducts interdisciplinary research on issues related to unsustainable natural resource uses in the greater Chicago land region. SES encourages research projects to combine elements of ecosystem structure and function, impacts on human health, public policy, behaviors, and other environmental factors. In addition, one fellowship specifically focusing on a biodiversity project at Loyola’s Retreat and Ecology Campus (LUREC) will be considered. Up to five Fellows are funded each academic year.
Students will receive a $1,000 stipend and up to $1000 for research supplies, if needed.
Eligible Students: Loyola Undergraduate students in any college or school
A large list of undergraduate student research opportunities, including a number that focus on sustainability topics can be found here: https://www.luc.edu/celts/programs/undergraduateresearch/fellowships/
Does the institution have a program to encourage academic staff from multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
A brief description of the faculty sustainability research program:
JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion)-FOCUSED RESEARCH AWARD – provides support for pilot or preliminary investigations aimed at understanding and/or addressing one or more of the various societal inequalities where specific groups of individuals (e.g., across racial/ethnic, gender, socioeconomic lines) are impacted inequitably. Examples of studies that fit this award mechanism would include research on racial, ethnic, or gender-based disparities in social/political/economic areas (including, but not limited to, health, education, social mobility, civic engagement), or disparities on the basis of different abilities/disabilities and sexual orientation; research on the mechanisms through which racial, ethnic, or gender-based inequalities are mitigated or maintained; research that deepens our knowledge of the factors contributing to or reducing social inequalities.
Information about these programs can be found here: https://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/ors/pdfsanddocs/2022%20FALL%20ORS-Newsletter.pdf
Has the institution published written policies and procedures that give positive recognition to interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research during faculty promotion and/or tenure decisions?:
A copy of the promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
The promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
Support for faculty promotion and tenure is generally addressed in the Faculty Handbook (link below) but also at the individual school level.
Does the institution have ongoing library support for sustainability research and learning?:
A brief description of the institution’s library support for sustainability research:
Website URL where information about the institution’s support for sustainability research is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The Center for International Business (CIB) is dedicated to the study and practice of sustainable and ethical global business, economics and management.
https://www.luc.edu/quinlan/about/leadershipcenterslabs/cib/
Faculty Handbook - https://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/academicaffairs/pdfs/Faculty-Handbook-LoyolaUniversityChicago_2015.pdf
Describes commitment to sustainability and promotion/tenure guidelines.
Center for International Business
The Center for International Business (CIB) is dedicated to the study and practice of sustainable and ethical global business, economics and management.
https://www.luc.edu/quinlan/about/leadershipcenterslabs/cib/
Faculty Handbook - https://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/academicaffairs/pdfs/Faculty-Handbook-LoyolaUniversityChicago_2015.pdf
Describes commitment to sustainability and promotion/tenure guidelines.
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