PSS Winter 24

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Winter 2024

In this issue, collaborations between faculty, alumni and students take center stage — plus national recognitions for faculty and service, major federal grants for STEM research, campus events, and transformative gifts.

Process of

Collaboration

Powerful connections are fueling academic innovation and transformative outcomes

Last Word

Key Climate Issues

Last WordKey Climate Issues

BY WANJIRA MATHAI ’94

As the World Resource Institute’s Managing Director for Africa and Global Partnerships, Wanjira Mathai ’94 is leading strategy and innovations to support ecosystems, resilient cities, thriving communities and sustainable energy. One of TIME’s Most Influential People of 2023, Mathai plays a critical role in connecting people across Africa with the resources, tools and opportunities to restore the environment and build social and economic resilience against a changing climate. Here, she highlights some of the key issues shaping the future of the continent and the world.

Climate change is already having a significant impact on Africa’s ecosystems, economy and society. In 2023 alone, 1.8 million Africans were displaced during a prolonged drought, the Democratic Republic of Congo experienced catastrophic flooding, and Cyclone Freddy left a trail of destruction in Malawi and Mozambique. And these kinds of devastating events are expected to worsen as temperatures rise.