Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 68.36
Liaison Marianella Franklin
Submission Date Jan. 10, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 12.00 / 12.00 Marianella Franklin
Director of Sustainability
The Office For Sustainability
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Total number of employees that conduct research:
121

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
115

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
95.04

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
97

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
97

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
100

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:

[please see attached document above]


A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:

In order to complete the research inventory, we accessed our universities FARS (faculty activity reporting system) database, contacted department chairpersons, and Engagement Survey data.
Each university faculty member was contacted and their respective vitae were reviewed for sustainability content. Identified according to their contributions towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.


Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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