Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

DCISE Annual Report 2016-2017 It is my pleasure to present the second Annual Report of the Dyson College Institute for Sustainability and the Environment (DCISE). A major effort of DCISE this past year was producing the Third Summit on Resilience conference, Water Cooperation and Conflict: The Local and Global Challenge, that convened experts and practitioners from the public, academic and private sectors to examine the future of water in the current era. This year has seen significant revisions in the environmental academic programs offered within Dyson College, and the approval of a new collaborative graduate program with the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. The co-curricular activities of the Environmental Clinic resulted in new animal protection legislation in New York State and a position paper related to a potential pollution source in the Hudson River. The Dyson College Center for the Arts, Society and Ecology (CASE) continued to develop programs and courses at the intersection of science and the humanities. In another initiative, the animals in the Environmental House Museum were transferred to local nature centers in order to begin to convert this space into a new environmental lab for faculty and student research. We look forward in the coming year to continuing our efforts in the academic, co-curricula and outreach programs related to timely environmental issues. INTRODUCTION The mission of DCISE is to bring together faculty, students and programs throughout the University that involve environmental and sustainability issues. The Institute functions as a dynamic academic center and resource for the entire Pace University community, also involving members of the external community who are concerned about environmental issues. Its dedicated spaces, resources, and programs support students with a wide range of opportunities to fully engage in the interdisciplinary study of the environment through hands-on scientific, policy, conservation, and advocacy curricular and co-curricular activities and experiences. A major change in the administrative structure of DCISE became effective on July 1, 2017. This involved the dissolution of the Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies (PAAES) and the assumption of all of its activities directly into DCISE. Accordingly, effective July 1, 2017, the Institute has four constituent units: the Department of Environmental Studies and Science (ESS); the Environmental Consortium of Colleges & Universities (EC); the Dyson College Nature Center (NC); and the Dyson College Center for the Arts, Society and Ecology (CASE). 4 FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DCISE Executive Director Richard Schlesinger, PhD

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