Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 38.87
Liaison Sam Edwards
Submission Date March 1, 2025

STARS v2.2

Quinnipiac University
AC-10: Support for Sustainability Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 4.00
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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:

QU offers two different programs that provide resources that can be used for research. First, the Quinnipiac University Pepsi Fund provides resources to students for environmental-focused experiences. This can include research, immersion trips (with an academic focus), and campus sustainability projects. The second program is the President's Community Service Fellowship. This program provides financial resources to community/campus partners to bring on students as fellows to participate in various projects, some of which include research.


Faculty sustainability research incentives 

Does the institution have a program to encourage academic staff from multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
No

A brief description of the faculty sustainability research program:
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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?:
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

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:

The library has two research guides related to sustainability – ENV 101 Environmental Studies and an Earth Day guide that is available in late spring after its annual update. A desire to improve the library’s sustainable practices over ten years ago was a main driver in our adoption of Springshare’s LibGuides service for offering these guides.

To promote sustainability literacy, library staff create displays of library materials and relevant online resources for Earth Day, in addition to the guide mentioned above. During the Earth Day Fair/Teach-In, the library sets up a table featuring library resources and reliable information on a sustainability topic or have library staff involved in other tables.

The library offers databases with a more specific focus on sustainability:
Access Science
Civil Engineering Database (CEDB)
Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Gale Virtual Reference Center
GreenFILE
Science Reference Center
ScienceDirect
Scopus (our most extensive database for scientific and engineering articles)
Statista
UN iLibrary
World Development Indicators Online


Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for sustainability research is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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