The University of Texas at Dallas
EN-10: Community Partnerships
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 3.00 |
Gary
Cocke Sustainability Director Office of Sustainability |
"---"
indicates that no data was submitted for this field
1st Partnership
North Texas Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
Yes
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:
Multi-year or ongoing
Which of the following best describes the partnership?:
Sustainability-focused
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? :
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability:
The Regional Centre of Expertise supports regional collaborations between multiple sector leaders to solve sustainability challenges through dialogue, education and training. The RCE aspires to translate the United Nations sustainability objectives into local communities. UT Dallas partnered with the North Texas RCE as coordinators in 2019 and continues to advance sustainability education within our institution and region.
https://sustainability.utdallas.edu/rce/
https://sustainability.utdallas.edu/rce/
2nd Partnership
Air North Texas
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):
Yes
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):
Multi-year or ongoing
Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):
Sustainability-focused
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (2nd partnership):
Not Sure
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
Air North Texas is an initiative within the North Central Texas Council of Governments that works to protect regional air quality. UT Dallas officially joined Air North Texas as a partner in 2018 and works among regional municipalities and institutions to provide education and outreach on air quality in the DFW metroplex.
https://www.airnorthtexas.org/
https://www.airnorthtexas.org/
3rd Partnership
---
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):
---
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):
---
Which of the following best describes the partnership? (3rd partnership):
---
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (3rd partnership):
---
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
---
Optional Fields
---
Website URL where information about the institution’s community partnerships to advance sustainability is available:
---
Additional documentation to support the submission:
---
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The University of Texas at Dallas has long-standing partnerships with its surrounding community. UT Dallas alumni, stakeholders, the Department of Community Engagement, the Office of Diversity, faculty, staff and students work collectively to ensure that UTD is actively engaged with the local community and striving to create a sustainable future.
The Department of Community Engagement is charged with fostering collaborations in the DFW metroplex that increase both student and community engagement.
The Community Engagement site can be found at https://utdallas.edu/community/
Shared Air DFW, which serves, in part, to provide accurate, real-time, and accessible air quality data to South Dallas (historically underserved):
Under the working title of “ SharedAirDFW” over 100 new custom-built air quality monitors are being distributed throughout the DFW region in the next 12 months that will be able to give residents real time information about the air they breathe for the first time. When it’s up and running, it’ll be the first network of its kind in Texas and one of the largest in the U.S.
Based out of the University of Texas at Dallas laboratories and built and calibrated by its graduate and undergraduate students, and supported by grants from the NSF, Earth Day Texas, the US Army, Downwinders at Risk, the City of Plano, TX, and the US EPA. These monitors will offer real time information every few seconds through a easily accessible app. In addition, all data is made available in real-time.
Right now a handful of official EPA regulatory grade monitors provide hourly average air quality information with a latency of a few hours behind real time conditions. SharedAirDFW will increase the number of calibrated air quality monitors in DFW by a factor of about forty while giving readings updated every few seconds.
Some of the first monitor deployments will be across the campus of UT Dallas in Joppa (South Dallas), West Dallas, and Midlothian, around Paul Quinn College for the Southern Dallas neighborhoods surrounding its campus, and across the City of Plano.
The Department of Community Engagement is charged with fostering collaborations in the DFW metroplex that increase both student and community engagement.
The Community Engagement site can be found at https://utdallas.edu/community/
Shared Air DFW, which serves, in part, to provide accurate, real-time, and accessible air quality data to South Dallas (historically underserved):
Under the working title of “ SharedAirDFW” over 100 new custom-built air quality monitors are being distributed throughout the DFW region in the next 12 months that will be able to give residents real time information about the air they breathe for the first time. When it’s up and running, it’ll be the first network of its kind in Texas and one of the largest in the U.S.
Based out of the University of Texas at Dallas laboratories and built and calibrated by its graduate and undergraduate students, and supported by grants from the NSF, Earth Day Texas, the US Army, Downwinders at Risk, the City of Plano, TX, and the US EPA. These monitors will offer real time information every few seconds through a easily accessible app. In addition, all data is made available in real-time.
Right now a handful of official EPA regulatory grade monitors provide hourly average air quality information with a latency of a few hours behind real time conditions. SharedAirDFW will increase the number of calibrated air quality monitors in DFW by a factor of about forty while giving readings updated every few seconds.
Some of the first monitor deployments will be across the campus of UT Dallas in Joppa (South Dallas), West Dallas, and Midlothian, around Paul Quinn College for the Southern Dallas neighborhoods surrounding its campus, and across the City of Plano.
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.