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- How can we increase the visibility of climate change research and mitigation efforts on campus (inreach)?<\/li>\n
- How can we break down silos across programs and foster emerging collaborations and communications related to climate change research?<\/li>\n
- What are the primary needs of the climate change research community on campus (e.g., funding sources, data sharing platform)?<\/li>\n
- How can the Senate best advocate for campus policy changes to ensure UCI continues to be a leader in climate change research and mitigation?<\/li>\n
- How can we build on the Bending the Curve<\/a> pedagogical initiative to educate our campus community and the public on climate change and its potential solutions?<\/li>\n
- What academic programs in the areas of climate and sustainability should the campus consider developing? Are there innovative, alternative models for organizing climate-related programs that may go beyond the existing structures at UCI? What can we learn from approaches taken at other universities (e.g., Stanford<\/a> and Columbia<\/a>)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t
![\"Steve](\"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/02\/steve-allison-sm.png\" "\\"steve-allison-sm\\"")
\n\tSteven Allison, Chair
\n<\/strong>Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Earth System Science
\nSchools of Biological Sciences and Physical Sciences
\nDirector, Newkirk Center for Science & Society\n\t\t\t\t![\"David](\"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/02\/dbrownst_117277.jpg\" "\\"dbrownst_117277\\"")
\n\tDavid Brownstone<\/strong>
\nProfessor Emeritus of Economics
\nSchool of Social Sciences\n\t\t\t\t![\"John](\"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/02\/john-crawford.jpg\" "\\"john-crawford\\"")
\n\tJohn Crawford<\/strong>
\nProfessor, Intermedia Arts
\nDepartment of Dance
\nClaire Trevor School of the Arts\n\t\t\t\t![\"Suellen](\"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/02\/suellen-hopfer-sm.jpg\" "\\"suellen-hopfer-sm\\"")
\n\tSuellen Hopfer<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor of Public Health\n\t\t\t\t![\"Gregg](\"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/02\/gregg-macey.jpg\" "\\"gregg-macey\\"")
\n\tGregg Macey<\/strong>
\nAssociate Director for Environmental Justice, Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources
\nSchool of Law\n\t\t\t\t![\"Michael](\"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/02\/michael-mendez.jpg\" "\\"michael-mendez\\"")
\n\tMichael Mendez<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor of Urban Planning &
\nPublic Policy
\nSchool of Social Ecology\n\t\t\t\t![\"James](\"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/02\/james-nisbet.jpg\" "\\"james-nisbet\\"")
\n\tJames Nisbet<\/strong>
\nAssociate Professor of Art History
\nSchool of Humanities\n\t\t\t\t![\"Valerie](\"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/02\/valerie-olson.jpg\" "\\"valerie-olson\\"")
\n\tValerie Olson<\/strong>
\nAssociate Professor of Anthropology
\nSchool of Social Sciences\n\t\t\t\t![\"Jessica](\"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/02\/jessica-pratt.jpg\" "\\"jessica-pratt\\"")
\n\tJessica Pratt<\/strong>
\nAssociate Professor of Teaching
\nEcology & Evolutionary Biology
\nSchool of Biological Sciences\n\t\t\t\t![\"Jin-Yi](\"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/02\/jin-yi-yu.jpg\" "\\"jin-yi-yu\\"")
\n\tJin-Yi Yu<\/strong>
\nProfessor of Earth System Science
\nSchool of Physical Sciences\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Academic Senate Task Force on Climate Change The Chair of the UCI Academic Senate has convened a new task force to make recommendations on how the campus should move forward on issues related to climate change. Senate leadership will discuss these recommendations with the Cabinet and advocate for any Cabinet-endorsed recommendations with the appropriate campus…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-99","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":300,"href":"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.research.uci.edu\/climate-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- What academic programs in the areas of climate and sustainability should the campus consider developing? Are there innovative, alternative models for organizing climate-related programs that may go beyond the existing structures at UCI? What can we learn from approaches taken at other universities (e.g., Stanford<\/a> and Columbia<\/a>)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t