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News & Announcements

Is Climate Change Keeping Patients from Vital Doctor Appointments?
July 15, 2024

Temperature extremes, becoming increasingly frequent due to growing global climate change, are associated with higher rates of missed primary care appointments.


April 29, 2024

Mathy Stanislaus, Executive Director of The Environmental Collaboratory, discusses the Biden Administration's new chemical plant emissions rule that plans to reduce more than 6,200 tons of toxic air pollution each year.



Students, Faculty Represent 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ at COP28 Through Dialogue and Research
January 12, 2024

Over two weeks, 11 community members traveled to Dubai to engage in talk of climate solutions.


February 22, 2023

Convened by the German Center for Research and Innovation, UA Ruhr and UAS7, and supported by the German Consulate General, 40 high level science diplomacy experts and practitioners met in November to exchange their work and thoughts on the role of science diplomacy and multilateralism for the most pressing global issues.



Waverly Street Foundation Grant Will Support Community-Based Climate Solutions
February 14, 2023

The Environmental Collaboratory received a Climate Hubs Learning Partner grant from the Waverly Street Foundation to support its work in community-based climate solutions.



Drexel Students Host First-Ever Local Conference of Youth in the United States
November 3, 2022

Over 130 delegates from across the country came together on the weekend of September 23 for America’s first ever Local Conference of Youth (LCOY USA), hosted at 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ and the Academy of Natural Sciences of 91ÖÆÆ¬³§



Q&A: Mathy Vathanaraj Stanislaus and The Environmental Collaboratory at Drexel
March 10, 2022

Mathy Vathanaraj Stanislaus discusses the interdisciplinary initiative to partner Drexel’s research programs and community engagement efforts to identify and incorporate climate, environmental justice and the implementation of corporate commitments to environment, social and governance obligations.

In the News

EPA’s environmental justice grants have cost Philadelphia County more than $50 million in direct and indirect economic impacts.
Stanislaus talks community solutions to extreme weather, climate crisis
Home insurance premiums rose nearly 15% faster than inflation between 2018 and 2022 in the areas of the nation most prone to climate change-fueled weather events, the US Treasury Department reported Jan. 16.
WAVERLY STREET FOUNDATION: For this year's Philadelphia mayoral race, the Collaboratory provided technical and policy assistance to a city-wide coalition of community-based and environmental organizations to create the Green Living Plan for Philadelphia. The Plan elevates environmental justice priorities — and offers up policy solutions — for the city's next mayor.
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