| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.69 |
| Liaison | Lisa Kilgore |
| Submission Date | March 8, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Cornell University
ER-T2-8: Themed Semester or Year
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 0.25 |
Lisa
James Manager of Facilities Operations Student & Academic Services |
Has the institution chosen a sustainability-related theme for its themed semester, year, or first-year experience during the past three years?:
A brief description of the themed semester, year, or first-year experience:
In 2010, the Cornell New Student Reading Project focused on contemporary issues of the environmental destruction, human-nature interactions, artificial intelligence, and the future of humanity, through the reading of Phillip K. Dicks dystopian novel, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep". One of several lectures offered to freshman was titled "Biodiversity, Ecocomplexity, and the Human Experience" and can be viewed here http://www.cornell.edu/video/?videoID=830
The sustainability-related book that was chosen, if applicable:
The website URL where information about the theme is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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