| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 46.80 |
| Liaison | Paul Scanlon |
| Submission Date | Feb. 28, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Slippery Rock University
AC-9: Academic Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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3.21 / 12.00 |
Paul
Scanlon Special Assistant to the President President's Office/Sustainability |
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Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
19
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Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in research:
381
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Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
5
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The total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that conduct research:
33
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A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
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Names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
1. Geography, Geology & the Environment:
Stentor Danielson
Tamra Schiappa
Langdon Smith
Julie Snow
Jack Livingston
Patrick Burkhart
James Hathaway
Michael Stapleton
Jialing Wang
Michael Zieg
2. Business Department:
David Culp
Richard Grimm
Frances Amatucci
John Golden
3. Parks and Recreation Department:
Christopher Leininger
Paulette Viola
4. Chemistry:
Mary E. Sisak
5. Biology:
Simon Beeching
Dean DeNicola
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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
The research inventory was completed using a combination of self-reporting by faculty members; review of research grant and Green Fund Grant project announcements; a review of publications published in the Deans' quarterly reports; and a review of the Bailey Library Center for Research that supports faculty-sponsored student research.
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A brief description of notable accomplishments during the previous three years by faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
Julie Snow, EG&G Department, was selected to publish a chapter in the book "Sustainability in Higher Education, Stories and Strategies for Transformation."
Jack Livingston and Julie Snow of the EG&G Department recently completed a four-year, $175,000 research project titled "RUI: Using GIS to Integrate the NOAA HYSPLIT Model with Surface-Based Air Quality and Mercury Data" in August 2013.
Examples of faculty/student sustainability research included in the 2013 SRU Symposium for Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Achievement include:
1. Greening National Parks: Expanding Traditional Roles to Combat Climate Change
2. Water Bottle Filling Stations: One Step Closer to Sustainability
3. Slippery Rock Water Quality
4. Assessing the Contribution of Periglacial Meltwaters to Water Supply, High Central Andes, Argentina
5. Analysis of Dreissena Bugensis Shell Ca/Mg Ratios and Ecological Implications in Lake Michigan
6. Evaluation of Geomorphic Forcing by the Medieval Climate Anomaly in the White River Badlands
7. Public Relations Case Study: Corporate Social Responsibility at Primark Stores Limited
8. Public Relations Case Study: Analysis of the Crisis Management Tactics of BP during the Deepwater Horizons Oil Spill
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The website URL where information about sustainability research is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Copies of the 2013 SRU Symposium for Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Achievement can be viewed or downloaded at: http://www.sru.edu/academics/library/Pages/research.aspx
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