Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 76.05
Liaison Jack Byrne
Submission Date March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

Middlebury College
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 11.13 / 12.00 Jack Byrne
Director of Sustainability Integration
Environmental Affair
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
1,170

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
308

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
26.32

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
67

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
43

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
64.18

Research Inventory 

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
The current data includes faculty names, departments, and links to their description and courses. The first sheet exclusively lists the departments with the number of faculty with sustainability inclusive/focused research; the second sheet includes names and links.

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
Our Sustainability Specialist overviewed the list of faculty who have left or retired and the list of new faculty, and cross-referenced these lists with our previous inventory. After this, they combed through faculty bios to pull appropriate information into a single inventory.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:
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