| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.15 |
| Liaison | Mary Ellen Mallia |
| Submission Date | Feb. 27, 2023 |
University at Albany
AC-10: Support for Sustainability Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 4.00 |
Mary Ellen
Mallia Director of Environmental Sustainability Finance and Business |
Does the institution have an ongoing program to encourage students in multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
A brief description of the student sustainability research program:
The Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement (CURCE)assists our professors in recruiting for research projects at this website: https://www.albany.edu/undergrad-research/opportunities-by-topic.php
Some of the recent recruitment related to sustainability are: Dr. Bari, from Environmental and Sustainability Engineering (ESE), for a summer research project on air quality (https://www.albany.edu/ceas/nsf-ires) and assisting Dr. Liu, also from ESE, for securing 2 research assistants in their climate change project.
Does the institution have a program to encourage academic staff from multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
A brief description of the faculty sustainability research program:
The Division of Research provides resources that can be used for sustainability research but does not have programs specific to sustainability research. Links for funding, research highlights and tools are below.
funding:https://www.albany.edu/research/31090.php
reports: https://www.albany.edu/research/publications-reports.php
tools: https://www.albany.edu/research/22796.php
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:
The promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
Does the institution have ongoing library support for sustainability research and learning?:
A brief description of the institution’s library support for sustainability research:
There are numerous databases that cover topics related to sustainability. A few of the most important databases related to sustainability include:
Environment Complete, EBSCO Academic Complete, Sociological Abstracts, ScienceDirect, Social Sciences Full Text, Energy and Power Source and the Energy Citations Database.GreenFILE is a bibliographic database containing nearly 300,000 records covering information about environmental concerns.
The library also has several subject area specialists: https://library.albany.edu/find-a-subject-librarian
Sue Kaczor is the subject specialist in the Sciences, Kathleen Flynn for Environmental Engineering, Priscilla Seaman for Geography and Planning
Website URL where information about the institution’s support for sustainability research is available:
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