{"690573":{"#nid":"690573","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2026-2027 Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation Grants Announced","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Center for Teaching and Learning and the Sustainability Education and Curriculum Committee are pleased to announce the recipients of the fifth round of Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation grants; these awards are funded by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sustain.gatech.edu\/sustainability-next-plan\/\u0022\u003ESustainability Next.\u003C\/a\u003E Recipients from this round represent five colleges and 10 schools, with total support nearing $130,000. The grants aim to transform instruction using the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\u0022\u003EUnited Nations Sustainable Development Goals\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(UN SDGs), which offer a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am excited to work with our students to extend the discussion on sustainable development to our History of Architecture class,\u201d said Elisa Dainese, assistant professor and grant recipient from the School of Architecture. \u201cTogether we will analyze and interpret how responsible design, socio-ecological care, and economic resilience impacted the history of architecture while setting the basis for a sustainable future.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the past\u0026nbsp;four years, these grants have supported the transformation of more than 100 courses reaching thousands of Tech students across six colleges and 26 schools. These awards advance the Institute\u2019s commitment to transformative teaching and learning, preparing students to be globally engaged leaders who improve the human condition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBeyond all the transformations in individual classrooms, the program has developed a community of scholars who are thinking deeply about how to make sustainability education relevant and valuable for every Tech student,\u201d said Marc Weissburg, upcoming chair of the Sustainability Education and Curriculum Committee. \u201cThe range of innovative ideas and the cleverness and thoughtfulness with which they are deployed says a lot about Tech faculty.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERecipients from this round of grants represent five colleges and 10 schools, with total support nearing $130,000. The grants aim to transform instruction using the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\u0022\u003EUnited Nations Sustainable Development Goals\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(UN SDGs), which offer a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Center for Teaching and Learning and the Sustainability Education and Curriculum Committee are pleased to announce the recipients of the fifth round of Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation grants."}],"uid":"36601","created_gmt":"2026-06-01 14:57:09","changed_gmt":"2026-06-02 13:41:20","author":"bharris317","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680389":{"id":"680389","type":"image","title":"OConnell.png","body":null,"created":"1780325959","gmt_created":"2026-06-01 14:59:19","changed":"1780325959","gmt_changed":"2026-06-01 14:59:19","alt":"Headshot of Katie OConnell, USEI grant recipient.","file":{"fid":"264645","name":"OConnell.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/06\/01\/OConnell.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/06\/01\/OConnell.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1733974,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/06\/01\/OConnell.png?itok=sP47cjxu"}}},"media_ids":["680389"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/blog.ctl.gatech.edu\/2026\/05\/29\/2026-2027-undergraduate-sustainability-education-innovation-grants-announced\/","title":"View the full list of 2026-2027 USEI grant recipients."}],"groups":[{"id":"1268","name":"Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)"},{"id":"660398","name":"Sustainability Hub"}],"categories":[{"id":"194836","name":"Sustainability"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:bethany.harris@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBethany Harris\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Program Manager, Center for Teaching and Learning\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bethany.harris@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}