| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 50.74 |
| Liaison | Catherine Lockhart |
| Submission Date | Sept. 23, 2019 |
Lawrence University
AC-10: Support for Sustainability Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.00 / 4.00 |
Jeff
Clark Professor Geology |
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Student sustainability research incentives
Yes
A brief description of the student sustainability research program:
There are many avenues related to funding sustainability work and research at Lawrence.
1. The provost's office funds undergraduates to carry out research projects with faculty over the summer and some of these projects relate to sustainability, e.g. in the biology department a number of students were employed to carry out research on invasive species in the Fox River and Lake Michigan.
2. There is $75,000 a year for students to complete their senior experience projects, any senior can apply for funding therefore students in the environmental studies program and the natural sciences are supported in doing sustainability research. Alex Tempe (LU'18) used this to look at the potential effects of global warming on copepods in Green Bay.
3.The Cook Fund is for students to do field based research over the summer in northern Wisconsin. Last summer a student studied bee diversity in different land use types.
4.The student sustainability fund has funded over 20 projects related to sustainability research, activism, and community engagement in the past 2 years. A landscape management plan was developed for our northern campus, and a preliminary study on carbon sequestration for a land conservation easement was completed.
1. The provost's office funds undergraduates to carry out research projects with faculty over the summer and some of these projects relate to sustainability, e.g. in the biology department a number of students were employed to carry out research on invasive species in the Fox River and Lake Michigan.
2. There is $75,000 a year for students to complete their senior experience projects, any senior can apply for funding therefore students in the environmental studies program and the natural sciences are supported in doing sustainability research. Alex Tempe (LU'18) used this to look at the potential effects of global warming on copepods in Green Bay.
3.The Cook Fund is for students to do field based research over the summer in northern Wisconsin. Last summer a student studied bee diversity in different land use types.
4.The student sustainability fund has funded over 20 projects related to sustainability research, activism, and community engagement in the past 2 years. A landscape management plan was developed for our northern campus, and a preliminary study on carbon sequestration for a land conservation easement was completed.
Faculty sustainability research incentives
Yes
A brief description of the faculty sustainability research program:
We run a faculty sustainability seminar which provides stipends or course releases for faculty to research and discuss a particular sustainability topic. This is a way to explore something in common and often leads to new research directions. We just finished our first seminar, so it is early to report on outcomes at this point.
Recognition of interdisciplinary, transdisciplnary and multi-disciplinary research
No
A copy of the promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
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The promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
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Library support
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s library support for sustainability research:
The ENST department has a library budget that allows us to subscribe to journals and to get materials needed to support student and faculty scholarship.
Optional Fields
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Since we are a liberal arts institution, the primary responsibility of faculty is teaching, not research.
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