![Social stakes at UNC Charlotte](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2015/03/unc-entrance-470x140.jpg)
– Guest post by Mike Lizotte, University Sustainability Officer at UNC Charlotte The University of North Carolina Charlotte has published its first sustainability report, entitled…
![Member Spotlight: Shiela Birungi](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2015/03/spotlight_2-470x140.jpg)
Shiela’s research looks at the assessment of sustainability for civil engineering infrastructure projects, with a focus on the planning and the delivery (design, construction, commissioning…
![Social Sustainability Assessment Tool Case Study: Humanitarian Engineering](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2015/03/toga2-470x140.jpg)
Guest post by Diana Kapanzhi, Parker Capps, and Cristiane Surbeck One assessment tool is working to bridge the gap between sustainable infrastructure and community culture. EnvisionTM,…
![INSS Conference Keynote](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2015/03/keynote_1-470x140.jpg)
We’re pleased to bring you the abstract and biography of our 2015 keynote speaker, Adjo A. Amekudzi-Kennedy, from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia…
![Dr. Jessica Fanzo on Nutrition, Ethics, and Food Security](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2015/01/fruits-470x140.jpg)
Dr. Jessica Fanzo is an Assistant Professor of Nutrition at Columbia University and also serves as the Director of Nutrition Policy at the Center on…
![Call for funding proposals: Enhancing Socio-Environmental Research & Education](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2015/01/social-research-470x140.jpg)
INSS members might want to put together a collaborative grant on this — either email those you know using the member directory or comment on…
![Member Spotlight: Robert Boyer](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2014/12/Robert-Boyer-191x140.jpg)
Robert Boyer is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at UNC Charlotte. He earned his PhD in Regional Planning from…
![Summary of the December Space Working Group Meeting](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2014/12/InnerWellbeing-470x140.png)
The discussion of well-being was led by Michael Drinkwater at the December 1, 2014 phone meeting of the Space Working Group. Michael discussed several journal…
![Member Spotlight: Helene Hilger](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2014/12/Helene-Hilger-178x140.jpg)
Dr. Hilger is a civil engineer who was engaged in environmental engineering research and teaching at UNC Charlotte before retiring in 2012. She started out…
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by Robert Boyer, UNC Charlotte Abstract: Urban planning and improvisational comedy are not obvious companions, and on the surface they seem contradictory: Isn’t urban planning…