The new Global Sustainability Minor at Monmouth is designed to be accessible and complementary to students studying natural sciences, political science and public policy, social work, health studies, communications, business, and economics, or to any student that is interested in expanding their ability to analyze critical issues facing our society in a multidisciplinary and holistic way.
The Urban Coast Institute
You are invited...
to Superstorm Sandy: A Live Town Hall
Hosted by NJ Today's
Mike Schneider
Thursday, May 16, 2013
7:45 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Pollak Theatre, Monmouth University
400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch, NJ
Registration required for free ticket:
http://www.theblacklistnyc.com/sandytownhall
WNET/Thirteen (New York City), WLIW21 (Long Island), and NJTV (New Jersey), along with other public television stations and local print and radio partners will address community issues and concerns and seek out answers in a multi-platform, live two-hour town-hall broadcast with studio audiences at Monmouth University and the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center.
Panelists will include experts in engineering, real estate, transportation, infrastructure and power, building codes, climate change, non-profits and charities, and government representatives from local mayors to state and federal officials. We encourage our live and online audiences to participate and question our experts on a wide range of Sandy-related topics.
Supporting Stewardship of Coastal Ecosystems
UCI focuses its efforts on the following areas:
Coastal Law Policy
Coastal Watershed Management
Coastal Communities and Economies
Coastal EcosyStems and Reg Management
OCEAN POLICY TASK FORCE
President Obama has established an Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, led by the Council on Environmental Quality. The Task Force is charged with developing a recommendation for a national ocean policy and coastal and marine spatial planning.
Click here for more information or to submit comments on the Interim Report.
Mission
To serve Monmouth University and the public interest as a forum for research, education, and collaboration in the development and implementation of science-based policies and programs that support stewardship of healthy, productive, and resilient coastal ecosystems and communities.
The Urban Coast Institute (UCI) was established in September 2005 as one of Monmouth University's "Centers of Distinction."
The UCI builds on the University's program in Marine and Environmental Biology and inter-departmental strengths in marine biology, environmental science, business, economics and real estate, public policy, and the arts and social sciences.
The UCI maintains a principal focus on the interactions between humans and the coastal and ocean environment, and sustainable coastal development along New Jersey's coasts and watersheds. Monmouth County and the New Jersey-New York region is an ideal "laboratory" for study of these issues.
The UCI has a unique focus on how good science can inform public policy and the "human dimensions" of coastal ecosystem-based management, including the impacts of human use and development on coasts.
The UCI seeks to foster collaboration among citizens, watershed and community organizations, governmental agencies, business, the scientific community, and other parties interested in coastal and watershed management, conservation, and restoration.
Give a Gift
If you would like to make a tax-deductible gift to the Urban Coast Institute, please use our Give a Gift Now contribution form.
Monetary gifts to the Urban Coast Institute support the Heidi Lynn Sculthorpe Summer Research Grants and UCI operations.
