In partnership with Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, YPS launched Impact! to provide support for small, dynamic teams of students, faculty, and staff to pursue small-scale projects focused on planetary solutions challenges.
Celebrating YPS-Supported Impact! Awards
In 2024, Impact! Awards funded three projects. These projects proposed efforts to explore variation in local air quality, sustainable fashion consumption, and documentation of New Haven’s environmental history. Through new publications, curated exhibits, strategic solutions for community needs, and more, these projects are providing students with hands-on experience in linking academic expertise with a broader context.
Project teams consisting of undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and/or staff had the opportunity to apply for up to $10,000 in research or project funding, with support for student stipends as well.
Past Impact! Awards
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Yale Brings Climate Solutions to the Global Stage at Climate Week
At a two-day summit held during Climate Week NYC, the Yale Club of New York City was transformed into a hub of action and collaboration.
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Shared Ambitions: Yale Launches ‘Planetary Solutions Strategic Vision 2050’
Yale welcomed partners from the city, state, and region to campus as the university launched a new strategic planning process.
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Informing through Accessible, Data-Driven Tools
Hoofprint is a geospatial research project producing state-level land use maps to visualize the outsized impacts of animal agriculture.
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Localized Air Pollutant Inequity
An Analysis of Air Quality Disparities Between New Haven’s Dwight and East Rock Neighborhoods.
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Yale Planetary Solutions Series at COP28
Delegates from across Yale will join global leaders, representatives, scholars, and activists at COP28.
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Yale Planetary Solutions Kicks Off COP28 with Climate Café
On November 30, Yale and New Haven community members gathered at Kroon Hall for a climate café event to kick off COP28.
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New Vice Provost Helps Focus Yale’s Commitment to Planetary Solutions
Julie Zimmerman speaks on Yale’s commitment to responding to global challenges including climate change, biodiversity, and planetary health.
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New Center for Geospatial Solutions Originates from Planetary Solutions Project
The new Center for Geospatial Solutions will enhance Yale’s research, training, and infrastructure in the field of geospatial science.
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Yale Superfund Research Center to Investigate Water Contaminants Linked to Cancer
A new Superfund Research Center (SRC) at Yale will conduct extensive analysis of emerging water contaminants that have been linked to liver cancer.
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Environmental Justice Conference Explores a Just Recovery
The conference, organized by the Yale Center for Environmental Justice and held October 29, focused on theories of change in energy and food justice.
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Yale Students Will Make Global Impact at COP26, the Annual UN Climate Summit
Dozens of Yale students, faculty, and staff taking part in critical decision-making & discussions on reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.
