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The Center for Disaster Medicine (CDM) is on the cutting edge of disaster medicine. Since its founding in 2005, the Center conducts interdisciplinary research, training, technical assistance, and educational activities related to emergency preparedness for disasters, terrorism and public health emergencies. By training the responders, and by focusing on vulnerable populations, including children, the disabled, and the elderly, the Center fulfills a unique role in the region by serving as a multi-disciplinary academic resource on a diverse range of emergency preparedness issues.

At the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, we advance sustainability solutions that ensure people and the planet not only survive but thrive.Our community of nearly 800 Faculty Fellows — representing all of Cornell’s colleges and schools — works across disciplines to tackle the most pressing challenges in climate risk, energy transitions, food security, and One Health. Supported by 16 staff experts at Cornell Atkinson, we connect researchers and strengthen partnerships with industry leaders, policymakers, and communities to move ideas from knowledge to real-world impact.Since our founding in 2010, we have disbursed over 1,200 research awards, investing over $51 million in sustainability research. We also train the next generation of sustainability leaders through a robust portfolio of student research programs, internships, and competitive postdoctoral fellowships.As a hub for dialogue and partnership, we host 50+ gatherings annually, bringing together researchers, decision-makers, and the public to catalyze collaboration and accelerate sustainable solutions.

The National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia Climate School, at Columbia University, works to understand and improve the capacity to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. NCDP focuses on the readiness of governmental and non-governmental systems, the complexities of population recovery, the power of community engagement, and the risks of human vulnerability.ENHANCE system readiness for disasters; EDUCATE and train the workforce to build resilience from catastrophic events; FOSTER community preparedness and engagement; UNDERSTAND population vulnerability; and ANALYZE strategies to improve disaster recovery.

Launched in 2020, the Columbia Climate School is taking bold action on climate change and related sustainability challenges. The Climate School’s vision is a healthy planet that enables just and prosperous societies to thrive.The intellectual scope of the Climate School is broad. It is driven by the interwoven needs for societies to reduce the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and to equitably and justly cope with climate change.Solutions to these problems rest on building FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE in the Climate School across three pillars:- Earth Systems & Sustainability- Social Systems & Justice- Analytics for Action

The Center for the Environment (CFE) at Plymouth State University addresses fundamental environmental issues in northern New England through scientific research, education, and collaboration. We engage on and off campus partners in projects using science-based knowledge to promote informed decision making. CFE provides future educators, researchers, and leaders with a comprehensive environmental education that includes real-world research experience, an understanding of how the natural and built environments are integrated, and knowledge of the community we live in and the economy in which we participate.Our vision for the Center for the Environment, situated in New Hampshire’s Lakes Region at the gateway to the White Mountains, is to be a hub of expertise supporting local communities by applying regional environmental research to promote a sustainable future within the context of the global economy.The Center was established at PSU in 2004 with the dual purpose of building research capacity on campus and providing the region with knowledge on environmental issues. Our specific objectives are to:- Prepare PSU students for lives and careers that demand a thorough understanding of human interactions with the natural, human, and built environment.- Contribute in major ways to the solution of significant environmental problems in our region.- Foster relations and encourage collaborative efforts within PSU and with environmental agencies and organizations.The Center has a special commitment to the North Country and lakes region of New Hampshire and PSU is geographically well situated to serve this role. The work of the Center enhances the North Country economy, and fosters regional environmental understanding and literacy.

The Institute for Climate Action (ICA), which began operations in the fall of 2019, is dedicated to raising awareness of this challenge and promoting efforts to meet it, in the University curriculum and its culture, in campus operations, and in the local region and beyond. The ICA is made up of students (some are paid interns), faculty, staff, and residents of the Monadnock Region. Anyone is welcome to join.Global climate change poses an unprecedented, urgent challenge to the natural environment and to the quality, even the continuance, of human life. Franklin Pierce University’s Institute for Climate Action seeks to raise awareness of this challenge and promote efforts to meet it. This aim will be pursued under the broad concept of sustainability through three distinct but related mission areas: education, campus operations & culture, and outreach to the surrounding communities in the Monadnock Region and beyond.

The Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program includes scientists, postdoctoral and graduate students, and technical and support staff from Dartmouth College and the Geisel School of Medicine, in Hanover, New Hampshire. We also collaborate with researchers at other universities, local, state, federal government agencies and public health organizations.Our Program investigates the ways arsenic and mercury in the environment affect ecosystems and human health. As part of our work, we provide students with opportunities to participate on interdisciplinary research teams, and we communicate our research results to local, state and federal agencies, and community-based public health organizations. Through the partnerships established between our investigators and our stakeholders, we also create opportunities to engage local communities in our research.

The Dickey Center educates, convenes, and empowers people to confront the world’s problems. Through informed and impactful global dialogue, experiential education, and engagement on pressing issues in international policy and diplomacy, we bring the world to Dartmouth and Dartmouth to the world to engage with today’s great issues.We believe all Dartmouth students can make a positive difference in the world and that Dartmouth can be a catalyst for addressing great issues. The Center is multi-disciplinary, inclusive and public-facing, and to enhance the educational experience for students, faculty, and the broader Dartmouth community.