Projects & Research

Auburn University’s NRT project developed an interdisciplinary graduate program addressing issues of climate related risk and resilience planning and decision-making in the southeast US. Faculty and trainees developed scientific knowledge as well as collaboration and science communication skills, and built relationships with stakeholder communities to understand and address risks to natural, human and built environmental systems. The program sought to create institutional change at Auburn, increasing racial and gender equity and diversity of the student body, changing teaching practices, as well as supporting interdisciplinary collaborations and stronger partnerships with local HBCUs such as Florida A&M and Tuskegee Universities.

TERC’s evaluation addressed implementation, impact and institutional change and sustainability, providing both formative feedback and summative findings throughout the five year project.