Social & Community Impact

Engagement with the Social and Community Impact topic group led to great discussions, which we will see emphasized later, around research and sustainability. Almost every goal in this topic group was ranked as a high priority, including: highlight existing sustainability research at UTA; ensure widespread research access by hosting published articles on publicly available infrastructure; and ensure sustainability materials are integrated into onboarding and recruiting efforts for students, faculty and staff. Connections with off-campus communities were considered a long-term priority, with continued efforts needing to be made to extend beyond the great relationship between UTA and the City of Arlington and its surrounding community. Fostering a culture of sustainability was a key discussion point in this topic group, something that will be emphasized later in the Culture and Communication topic group.