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Faculty

The center offers a variety of ways to engage and support faculty with research and academic interests in sustainability. To learn more contact us at mcsi@pitt.edu.

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Faculty Awards in Sustainability

Learn more about the  Faculty Awards in Sustainability within the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, including the John C. Mascaro Faculty Fellows, Scholars, and Lecturers programs and the Arts & Humanities Microgrants.

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Leonard Peters Faculty Fellows

Leonard Peters Faculty Fellows are invited to join the MCSI team as a key partner often helping to envision, create and implement core programs for the center.

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Affiliated Faculty

Identify faculty members from across the University of Pittsburgh who hold affiliations with MCSI. 

Visit the Sustainability Faculty Resource Hub to find faculty experts organized by their specialized areas of sustainability.

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Sustainability Faculty Resource Hub

The Sustainability Faculty Resource Hub is home to academic tools and resources to help faculty include sustainability in all aspects of learning. 

You can also use the hub to find faculty experts organized by their specialized areas of sustainability.

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Sustainability Attribute Codes

Faculty: Learn how to assign sustainability attribute codes to your sustainability-focused and sustainability-related courses to help students filter and identify classes with sustainability content.

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Sustainability Toolkit

Advisors, faculty, and mentors: Do you have a student interested in sustainability?

The Sustainability Toolkit presents the many opportunities for students to apply and grow their interest in sustainability through academia, service, advocacy, and more.

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Become a Summer Research Advisor

MCSI welcomes faculty partners interested in serving as advisors for its annual Summer Research Program. Learn more about how to participate.

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First-Year Presentations

MCSI has trained student volunteers to provide sustainability presentations within first-year seminars. These presentations are a great way to introduce students to the range of sustainability initiatives and the many ways they can engage with sustainability on campus.