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Sustaining the Urban Environment (SUE) at the University of Cincinnati (UC) is a trans-disciplinary education and research Center. The Center at UC:

studies how urban infrastructure and environmental policies affect the long-term health and wealth of cities and
develops and disseminates information regarding the scientific metrics, policies and technologies that promote the evolution of economically and environmentally sustainable urban regions.

By the time today’s college graduates reach retirement age, the urban population of the world will have doubled in size. Quality of life will increasingly be impacted by public policies that invest in critical urban infrastructure systems – systems that enable urban economic development and affect population mobility, economic choice, and environmental quality.

Issues related to metropolitan development, urban infrastructure, and environmental health have long been studied within segregated University departments, saddling graduates with their disciplinary world views.

The Center for Sustaining the Urban Environment breaks down these disciplinary silos, producing individuals that (1) can synthesize information from Engineering, Planning, and Health and Environmental Sciences, and (2) have the knowledge to weigh urban infrastructure decisions and policies and promote those that lead to sustainable metropolitan development.

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June 3, 2009: The News Record reports on the campus-wide Sustainability Minor sponsored by SUE.
April 28, 2009: E-currents reports on the visit of Representative Mallory to UC for a Sustainability Tour.
April 19, 2009: The News Record reports on SUE's launch of the UC Urban Farm.
March, 2009: SUE provided financial support for the UC delegation that participated in Powershift 2009: a student initiative to engage political leadership to take a progressive stance on fighting climate change.
March 19, 2009: The NY Times reports on the plans of the Obama family to grow a vegetable garden at the White House.
February 2, 2009: The Cincinnati Enquirer reports on the progressive efforts of the City of Cincinnati to reduce green house gas footprint through a campaign to encourage citizens to consider plant-sourced diets.

Questions? Contact Center for Sustaining the Urban Environment.
Room 765 Baldwin Hall; P.O. Box 210071
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0071, USA
(513) 556-3685; (513) 556-2599 (fax)