Introducing the Year of Sustainability!

Throughout 2024, the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts will embark on a Year of Sustainability, to serve as a launching pad for many years of a Sustainable LSA to come.  In the year we will continue to collectively evaluate current and future actions in our teaching, college culture, research, operations, facilities, and more…

Faculty Spotlight: Karin Martin, Environmental Sociology

“I’ve structured the course to provide students with the opportunity to think through it (the climate crisis) in the specific way that they want to.” Karin Martin The perfect example of if they wanted to, they would: Dr. Karin Martin, Professor of Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies in LSA. Karin saw a gap in…

Where Did the Year of Sustainability Start?

We sat down with Anne McNeil and Nate Sanders, the two professors who are leading the charge for the Year of Sustainability. Were you connected before the Carbon Neutrality Task Force? Former Associate Dean, Chris Poulsen, identified people within the college (LSA) who were interested in the topic of carbon neutrality which included students, faculty,…