Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.41
Liaison Deborah Steinberg
Submission Date Feb. 18, 2013
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Carnegie Mellon University
ER-19: Interdisciplinary Research in Tenure and Promotion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 David Dzombak
Hamerschlag University Professor and Department Head
CEE: Civil & Environmental Engineering
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Does the institution's treatment of interdisciplinary research meet the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

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A brief description or a copy of the institution’s policy regarding interdisciplinary research:
Carnegie Mellon University’s 2008 strategic plan includes language to address the multiple environmental dimensions of sustainability; "Research and Education on the Environment" was declared one of four strategic thrusts for Carnegie Mellon in the 1998 strategic plan and reiterated in the 2008 strategic plan. Carnegie Mellon University is one of the world's leading research universities. As such, Carnegie Mellon University measures excellence by the impact it has on the world. Building on deeply grounded disciplinary strength, the University collaborates across disciplines, and the initiatives for interdisciplinary research start from the University community. The Carnegie Mellon vision for research is to meet the changing needs of society by building on traditions of innovation, problem solving, and interdisciplinary thinking. The strategic plan of Carnegie Mellon has six pillars including one stating that "issues of environmental sustainability must play a role in learning, research and practice".

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