{"690672":{"#nid":"690672","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sciences Faculty Receive 2026-27 Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation Grant","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\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 \u003Cstrong\u003EMarc Weissburg\u003C\/strong\u003E, 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\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECollege of Sciences Grant Recipients\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENames: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/pamela-pollet\u0022\u003EPamela Pollet\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/eric-shen\u0022\u003EEric Shen\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDepartment: School of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003Cbr\u003EProject: Organic and Sustainable Chemistry: An Open-Source Textbook\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/blog.ctl.gatech.edu\/2026\/05\/29\/2026-2027-undergraduate-sustainability-education-innovation-grants-announced\u0022\u003EDiscover the full list of 2026-27 Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation Grant Recipients\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Sciences faculty are among the recipients of the fifth round of Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation grants awarded by the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Sustainability Education and Curriculum Committee.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"College of Sciences faculty are among the recipients of the fifth round of Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation grants awarded by the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Sustainability Education and Curriculum Committee."}],"uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2026-06-08 14:54:03","changed_gmt":"2026-06-08 15:25:35","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-06-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-06-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680429":{"id":"680429","type":"image","title":"School of Chemistry Faculty Pamela Pollet and Eric Shen","body":null,"created":"1780931879","gmt_created":"2026-06-08 15:17:59","changed":"1780932196","gmt_changed":"2026-06-08 15:23:16","alt":"School of Chemistry Faculty Pamela Pollet and Eric Shen","file":{"fid":"264687","name":"Chemistry-Faculty-Pollet-and-Shen.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/06\/08\/Chemistry-Faculty-Pollet-and-Shen.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/06\/08\/Chemistry-Faculty-Pollet-and-Shen.png","mime":"image\/png","size":2185978,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/06\/08\/Chemistry-Faculty-Pollet-and-Shen.png?itok=Uj3qBQ7b"}}},"media_ids":["680429"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/blog.ctl.gatech.edu\/2026\/05\/29\/2026-2027-undergraduate-sustainability-education-innovation-grants-announced","title":"2026-2027 Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation Grants Announced"}],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192249","name":"cos-community"},{"id":"192583","name":"Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation Grants"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}