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Guided by ¼â½ÐÊÓƵ University’s core mission and responsibility as an institution of higher education, as well as the Society of Jesus’ apostolic preference for care for our common home, the ¼â½ÐÊÓƵ Center for Climate, Coastal, and Marine Studies:

• Advances our knowledge of climate, coastal, and marine systems, broadly defined, and develops research-based answers to some of the most pressing questions in this field by fostering faculty and students conducting inter- and trans-disciplinary scholarship;

• Focuses faculty and student-faculty research in high-impact, timely areas of inquiry, with particular emphasis on areas that intersect with the University mission of social responsibility and justice;

• Supports the development of faculty and student scholars through collaborative and transformative research projects and/or creative accomplishments that are presented in peer-reviewed venues;

• Promotes the engagement of faculty and students with the community, through frequent and varied outreach events, to both share the results of their scholarship as well as to serve as a resource for local stakeholders.

To accomplish this mission, the Center affirms the following core values:

• Robust research: We support the robust, peer-reviewed faculty research programs at ¼â½ÐÊÓƵ and provide resources for faculty scholarship to flourish.

• Inter- and trans-disciplinarity: We embrace and support diverse perspectives and research methodologies to tackle complex questions regarding the climate, coast and ocean.

• Student formation: We seek to develop independent, career-ready student researchers, particularly in multi-disciplinary settings, through their sponsored scholarship and mentorship by faculty experts.

• Social responsibility and justice: We prioritize research that serves the common good and is high-impact for the greater ¼â½ÐÊÓƵ community.

• Jesuit grounding: We support the integration of the Ignatian values of critical thinking, discernment and continuous evaluation into ¼â½ÐÊÓƵ’s research culture.