Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	65.39
Liaison	Patrice Langevin
Submission Date	March 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

Pitzer College
AC-10: Support for Sustainability Research

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.00 / 4.00	Susan Phillips Director Robert Redford Conservancy

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Student sustainability research incentives

Does the institution have an ongoing program to encourage students in multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:

Yes

A brief description of the student sustainability research program:

For the past 4 years, the Claremont Colleges (of which Pitzer is a member) were recipients of the Mellon Research Grant for Environmental Analysis. This award funded sustainability and environmental research for undergraduates over the summer and also provided faculty mentors with modest stipends for supervision. Although the Mellon grant ended this year, individual faculty-student research funds are available through Pitzer's Dean of Faculty's Office. These funds can be used for research, including that on sustainability.

Although the EA Mellon research website is now dated, we have pasted below the link to Environmental Analysis theses over the years, many of which were supported by EA Mellon summer funds.

Faculty sustainability research incentives

Does the institution have a program to encourage academic staff from multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:

Yes

A brief description of the faculty sustainability research program:

Because Sustainability is a core value at Pitzer , students and staff are encouraged to do research and because sustainability is multi disciplinary many different departments are encouraged to investigate sustainability in their own respective departments.

Recognition of interdisciplinary, transdisciplnary and multi-disciplinary research

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:

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The promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:

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Library support

Does the institution have ongoing library support for sustainability research and learning?:

Yes

A brief description of the institution’s library support for sustainability research:

Our library has dedicated specialists in sustainability and environmental analysis. These individuals help both student and faculty address specific questions in fields related to sustainability, environmental policy, and environmental studies. Library personnel also are available to help access resources that may not be found in our own collections.

The library also helps provide resources for GIS research, which students and faculty often use for sustainability themed work.

Optional Fields

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

http://scholarship.claremont.edu/eap_ea_theses/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Additional information on the library's support for GIS is noted below. We were unable to paste 2 links above.
http://libguides.libraries.claremont.edu/GIS/

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