Equity-Driven Climate Resiliency Planning in Cincinnati

Leading up to this year’s Earth Day celebrations, Cincinnati’s City Council voted to approve the newly unveiled, updated version of the Green Cincinnati Plan (GCP). The GCP is the City’s guiding document for climate action in the critical years to come. Over the past year, I was fortunate to serve on the GCP Steering Committee. … Continue reading Equity-Driven Climate Resiliency Planning in Cincinnati

Introducing 2022-2023 PEWS Interns and Sustainability Fellows

PEWS is excited to introduce four new interns and Sustainability Fellows for the academic year 2022-2023. With the support of UC Research2030, PEWS has named Dylan Carter (Anthropology) and Ahmad Khan (Civil Engineering) as Sustainability Fellows, and Collin Lucken (Philosophy, Engineering) as Video & Media Coordinator and Sarah Yaser (Neuroscience) as Web & Social Media Coordinator. … Continue reading Introducing 2022-2023 PEWS Interns and Sustainability Fellows

Sustainability in Action

I began grad school for Community Psychology after being in the workforce for many years. Drawn back to school by my interest in the factors that lead to healthy communities and to the wellbeing of individuals, I recognized sustainability as a crucial component to the health and longevity of any place. My previous work involved … Continue reading Sustainability in Action

Cross-Pollination and Collaborative Engagement

My interests have always lain at the intersection of people, nature, and aesthetics. The better we understand people, the better we can design ways of relating that nourish us—and our planet—by building connection and belonging in communities that transcend cultural and species boundaries. With these goals in mind, my interest has gravitated to an applied … Continue reading Cross-Pollination and Collaborative Engagement

Rediscovering Public Engagement and Interdisciplinarity

Beginning the third year of my graduate program, I was focused on completing the program requirements and progressing in my research. This singular focus on my academic work totally consumed my time and energy. In the rush towards my goals of becoming a candidate and finishing my program, my other interests fell to the wayside. … Continue reading Rediscovering Public Engagement and Interdisciplinarity

PEWS Interdisciplinary Sustainability R&D Group – Spring 2022 Review

When someone mentions sustainability research, most people immediately think about engineering, environmental conservation, and other hard sciences. But so far, our group has welcomed scholars from the departments of English, Geology, Public Planning, Philosophy, Romance Languages and Literature, Physics, and Anthropology. United by an interest in research and sustainability, each member brings different skills, strengths, … Continue reading PEWS Interdisciplinary Sustainability R&D Group – Spring 2022 Review

Sustainability Highlights Interviews

The Center for Public Engagement with Science has now released the full Sustainability Highlights interview series, one part of the sustainability initiative funded by Research 2030. The series includes interviews with: Dr. Carlie Trott, Assistant Professor of Psychology, is a community psychologist whose work focuses on participatory research that engages project participants as co-investigators, thus … Continue reading Sustainability Highlights Interviews

Community Partnerships for Sustainability Video

On Friday April 15, the Center for Public Engagement with Science hosted the Community Partnership for Sustainability event to highlight the efforts of local organizations working on issues of sustainability. Presenters included Oliver Kroner from the City of Cincinnati’s Office of Environment and Sustainability; Connie O’Connor, Education Director for the Cincinnati Nature Center; Melinda Kruyer, … Continue reading Community Partnerships for Sustainability Video

Announcing the Sustainability Highlights Interview Series

The Center for the Public Engagement with Science has launched an interview series highlighting sustainability research happening at the University of Cincinnati, as part of its sustainability initiative funded by Research 2030 of UC’s Office of Research. You can view the first three interviews of this series on the Center’s Youtube channel and on the … Continue reading Announcing the Sustainability Highlights Interview Series