Academic structure announced for new school focused on climate and sustainability
The new school focused on climate and sustainability will begin operating with four transitional divisions containing departments. That structure will evolve over time into a set of departments like those shown here. The school will also contain cross-cutting themes such as those proposed here organized within institutes to draw on the expertise of the entire university; and an accelerator to drive new technology and policy solutions. (Image credit: Eric Pond)
Stanford's new school focused on climate and sustainability will begin operating in Fall 2022 with four transitional divisions that will evolve into departments.as the school grows. The school will also contain cross-cutting themes within institutes to draw on the expertise of the entire university and an accelerator to drive new technology and policy solutions. "Stanford is taking the historic step of creating the university's first new school in 70 years in response to the scale and urgency of threats facing our planet," said President Marc Tessier-Lavigne.
