FIU’s commitment to environmental resilience has roots in the understanding that nature and the built world are integrally intertwined. Changes happening around the world include the loss and destruction of species, rising water levels that flood urban areas, droughts that affect food crops, and rising sea levels that flood urban areas.
Florida International University’s College of Arts, Sciences & Education works with the community to restore the Everglades.
At FIU, Sustainable projectsMultidisciplinary collaboration involves experts from different fields. Millions of dollars have been spent on research to protect sharks and coral reefs around the globe, Florida. Everglades restorationAnd Recovery of Biscayne Bay have pushed FIU’s earth and environmental sciences researchers to among the most highly published on the subject (No. 1 in the U.S. for universities less 50 years old, No. 23 globally in this category, according to Nature Index rankings
FIU students and scientists recognize the importance of interconnectedness and are taking a hopeful approach to putting their knowledge and creativity to the test.
For a sustainable planet, research is needed
$400M Research awards for environmental resilience from the past ten years
3,000+Students enrolled in programs that promote environmental resilience
200+Faculty members who are involved in teaching and researching on environmental resilience.
200+Collaborations in the environment at all levels: local, state, national, and international
No. 11The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings are the best in the world for Life Below Water
No. 28Rankings of Higher Education Impact Rankings by Times Higher Education in the World for Impact on Life on Land
No. 37U.S. News & World Report subject rankings for public universities in Environment & Ecology
