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W W W . P A C E . E D U / D Y S O N 15 change are related. Guests were Jeff Creque, PhD, director of rangeland and agroecosystem management at the Carbon Cycle Institute; Sara Place, animal scientist and senior director at the National Cattlemen's Beef Association; and Avery Cohn, food and agriculture strategist at ClimateWorks. During a later exchange, Garrett Broad, assistant professor at Fordham University, and Adele Hite, research scholar at the Ronin Institute and senior writer for DietDoctor.com, discussed the ethical and health concerns related to advising consumers to eat less meat with David Cassuto and Smita Narula, professors at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace. Additionally, Julie Guthman, author of Weighing In (2011) and Wilted (2019), reflected on how people will obtain protein in the future and who will decide, and Jenna Liu, host of Eating Matters, Heritage Radio Network, moderated a wrap-up panel. The summit was a follow-up to a conference held last year that was a collaboration with Dartmouth College. Hosted at Pace's New York City campus, this year's event was livestreamed in Pleasantville and open to the public. It was the latest in a series created by Dyson College to explore current approaches to managing local, regional, and national issues in order to improve sustainability and enhance resilience. Previous events focused on topics such as global water challenges and solutions and urban resilience to historic storms such as Hurricane Sandy, which caused catastrophic damage in 2012. At day's end, more than 100 attendees gained a greater understanding of how food impacts our planet and their role in exploring potential solutions—and their practical implementation—to shape a sustainable food economy. The audience included faculty, staff, alumni, interested citizens and professionals, and students like Peyton Yourch '21, majoring in peace and justice studies and political science. "I thought the summit featured a well-rounded group of experts covering the interdisciplinary concerns surrounding the discussion of 'Should we eat meat?'," Yourch said. "Dr. DuPuis also ensured that the panels had a really balanced opinion base, and it was all quite productive." Pictured (left to right): Pace University President Marvin Krislov with keynoters Nicolette Hahn Niman and Timothy Searchinger; Resilience Summit IV audience members; E. Melanie DuPuis, Timothy Searchinger, Provost Vanya Quiñones, Dyson Dean Nira Herrmann, Nicolette Hahn Niman, and President Krislov; Panelist Smita Narula, a professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace; and E. Melanie DuPuis.

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