Environmental Research

UMR is in its infancy in developing a research agenda. As of Fall 2010 UMR is in its second year of employing tenure-track faculty in its first degree program - the Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences (BSHS). The faculty have three components of concentration; education, research, and outreach. The research component's primary focus for all tenure-track faculty is teaching and learning, with a secondary focus on disciplinary research. The faculty's chief agenda through the 2012-2013 academic year is developing the curriculum for the BSHS program. A few of the faculty are beginning to explore research opportunities in teaching and learning and their focus on disciplinary research will begin in the future. UMR will report in each successive update to our Climate Action Plan on the status of current or future research being undertaken that focuses on climate neutrality and sustainability.