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Sustainability

Director: Larry Erbert, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Communication
Email: Larry Erbert
Phone: 303-556-5858

Laurel Dodds, MPS
Managing Director, Signature Areas
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Email: Laurel Dodds
Phone: 303-352-3728

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The Critical Need for Inter-Connected Solutions

Sustainability Home

Questions of Sustainability are currently among the most important facing humankind and are receiving tremendous attention in the media, in government, and in international planning circles. Issues of sustainability do not arise from single causes, nor can solutions be developed based from within narrow disciplinary frameworks. For this reason, a multidisciplinary perspective is not only desirable but necessary to identify and understand problems, as well as create, evaluate and implement solutions.

How UC Denver Addresses the Needs

The UCD College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has created the Minor in Sustainability to provide students with the cross-disciplinary knowledge and skills in this critically important area. The minor draws on the expertise and experience of an interdisciplinary faculty group working in a wide array of research that will help students develop a comprehensive base of knowledge and marketable skills. Read more...

Signature Areas

"Signature Areas" are cutting edge initiatives of the strategic plan based on proposals prepared by faculty from across the university, and approved by faculty, staff, students, and administrators in the college. They reflect a major development in higher education to engage in research and teaching about contemporary topics by incorporating perspectives from multiple disciplines.