Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.54
Liaison Tavey Capps
Submission Date Oct. 18, 2013
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Duke University
ER-17: Departments Engaged in Sustainability Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.35 / 6.00 Tavey Capps
Environmental Sustainability Director
Office of the Executive Vice President
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The total number of academic departments that conduct research:
68

The number of academic departments in which at least one faculty member engages in sustainability research:
37

A list of academic departments in which at least one faculty member engages in sustainability research:

Trinity Departments:
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Cultural Anthropology
Economics
Evolutionary Anthropology
Physics
Psychology & Neuroscience
Sociology
Statistical Science
Women's Studies

Schools:
Divinity School
Fuqua School of Business
Law School
Medical School
Nicholas School of the Environment
Pratt School of Engineering
Sanford School of Public Policy

Research Centers & Institutes:
Center for Documentary Studies
Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
Center for Health Policy & Inequalities Research
Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences
Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness
Duke Center for Child & Family Policy
Duke Center for Sustainability & Commerce
Duke Energy Initiative
Duke Lemur Center
Duke Population Research Institute
Duke Superfund Research Center
Duke University Medical Center
Global Health Institute
John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Organization for Tropical Studies
Program on Global Health & Technology Access
Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine


The website URL where the sustainability research inventory that includes the departments engaged in sustainability research is posted:
A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the departments engaged in sustainability research:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The total count of departments includes the following:

1. All departments within Duke's Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, except for the Health, Wellness and Physical Education department because it does not carry out research. A department listed on the Trinity College website (Public Policy Studies) is also excluded from the total number of departments because it is encompassed in the Sanford School of Public Policy.

2. Each of Duke's research-oriented schools.

3. Interdisciplinary centers and institutes that conduct research and are not contained entirely within a department or school (i.e., either faculty have appointments specific to the institute/center or primary faculty appointments are in multiple departments/schools).

Total:

Trinity Departments:
African and African American Studies
Air Force ROTC (Aerospace Studies)
Army ROTC (Military Science)
Art, Art History, and Visual Studies
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Biology
Chemistry
Classical Studies
Computer Science
Cultural Anthropology
Dance
Economics
Education
English
Evolutionary Anthropology
Germanic Languages and Literature
History
Literature
Mathematics
Music
Navy ROTC (Naval Science)
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology and Neuroscience
Religion
Romance Studies
Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Sociology
Statistical Science
Theater Studies 
Women's Studies

Schools:
Divinity School
Fuqua School of Business
School of Law
Nicholas School of the Environment
Pratt School of Engineering
Sanford School of Public Policy
Medical School
School of Nursing

Interdisciplinary Centers and Institutes:
Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems
Center for Biomolecular & Tissue Engineering
Center for Documentary Studies
Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
Center for Health Policy & Inequalities Research
Center for Metamaterials & Integrated Plasmonics
Center for the Study of Aging & Human Development
Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences
Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness
Duke Center for Child & Family Policy
Duke Center for Sustainability & Commerce
Duke Energy Initiative
Duke Global Health Institute
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences   
Duke Lemur Center
Duke Population Research Institute
Duke Superfund Research Center
Duke University Medical Center
Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics
Global Financial Markets Center
Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy
John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute
Kenan Institute for Ethics
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Organization for Tropical Studies
Program on Global Health & Technology Access
Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine
Triangle Materials Research & Engineering Center


The total count of departments includes the following:

1. All departments within Duke's Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, except for the Health, Wellness and Physical Education department because it does not carry out research. A department listed on the Trinity College website (Public Policy Studies) is also excluded from the total number of departments because it is encompassed in the Sanford School of Public Policy.

2. Each of Duke's research-oriented schools.

3. Interdisciplinary centers and institutes that conduct research and are not contained entirely within a department or school (i.e., either faculty have appointments specific to the institute/center or primary faculty appointments are in multiple departments/schools).

Total:

Trinity Departments:
African and African American Studies
Air Force ROTC (Aerospace Studies)
Army ROTC (Military Science)
Art, Art History, and Visual Studies
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Biology
Chemistry
Classical Studies
Computer Science
Cultural Anthropology
Dance
Economics
Education
English
Evolutionary Anthropology
Germanic Languages and Literature
History
Literature
Mathematics
Music
Navy ROTC (Naval Science)
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology and Neuroscience
Religion
Romance Studies
Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Sociology
Statistical Science
Theater Studies 
Women's Studies

Schools:
Divinity School
Fuqua School of Business
School of Law
Nicholas School of the Environment
Pratt School of Engineering
Sanford School of Public Policy
Medical School
School of Nursing

Interdisciplinary Centers and Institutes:
Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems
Center for Biomolecular & Tissue Engineering
Center for Documentary Studies
Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
Center for Health Policy & Inequalities Research
Center for Metamaterials & Integrated Plasmonics
Center for the Study of Aging & Human Development
Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences
Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness
Duke Center for Child & Family Policy
Duke Center for Sustainability & Commerce
Duke Energy Initiative
Duke Global Health Institute
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences   
Duke Lemur Center
Duke Population Research Institute
Duke Superfund Research Center
Duke University Medical Center
Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics
Global Financial Markets Center
Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy
John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute
Kenan Institute for Ethics
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Organization for Tropical Studies
Program on Global Health & Technology Access
Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine
Triangle Materials Research & Engineering Center

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