Franco Monalto

Drexel University’s climate commitment grew significantly in 2021, a year that our administration called "the Climate Year." Beginning in January, Drexel scaled up its efforts to integrate climate and sustainability topics in our research, teaching, civic engagement, institutional operations, public programs, and collaborations. Drexel developed a climate and sustainability working group that included student leaders, faculty, staff, and administrators. With this foundation, Franco's UC3 Fellows project will facilitate the transition for university from this year of accelerated action to a permanent set of climate activities. He will create internal cross-disciplinary working groups around key topics, create structures and incentives that entrain a larger group of folks within the faculty, staff, and students in our efforts, define best practices, and expand our network of partners and collaborators.