Westminster University - Utah
AC-9: Academic Research

There were several avenues used to complete the research inventory. First off, a survey was sent out to all Westminster College faculty inquiring about their research. Then e-mails were sent to all the faculty and staff that were included in our last STARS Research section. Lastly, one of the students attended a faculty meeting, and spoke about STARS and the research credit. Following the meeting, an e-mail was sent out with the same survey as before.

Sustainable Urban Agriculture - Partnering with another University in the Chicago area with research aims to determine crops that are winners and losers in rural peri-urban and urban settings. Examining relationships between attitudes toward environmental issues and behavior, and methods for modeling such relationships that account for various variables that influence environmental attitude-behavior relations. Interdisciplinary research project with the Bonneville Salt Flats is the focus which requires us to work with members from the mining community, racing community, government officials, geologists, and hydrologists to better understand this unique and dynamic ecosystem as well as the human impacts. Verifying a new method to measure PAH contamination in natural environments. Proving how a certain food is all natural or organic and has not been adulterated in any fashion. Water and Sanitation in India - Community-based approach Integrated Reporting - a new model of financial reporting that requires companies to report issues such as environment impact, employee safety, and corporate citizenship, in additional to financial performance. The model has been gaining momentum around the world, but is not yet required in the USA.