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The 9th annual Leduc Center for Civic Engagement event will examine academic contributions to community development

On February 25, the UMass Dartmouth Leduc Center for Civic Engagement will host the 2022 UMassD Engaged Scholarship Symposium at 12 p.m. online via Zoom.

The Symposium will feature a Keynote Address from Andrew J. Hoffman, the Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan. Hoffman鈥檚 research explores how environmental issues emerge and evolve as social, political, and managerial issues. He will discuss his new book, The Engaged Scholar: Expanding the Impact of Academic Research in Today鈥檚 World.

The event is designed to celebrate the usefulness of scholarship in shaping policy and enriching communities. Attendees will be exposed to strategies involving students in active teaching, research, and examples of engaged scholarship across many disciplines.

The keynote will be followed by UMass Dartmouth faculty presentations of engaged scholarship in different fields:

• 鈥淭he Sustainable Fashion Quest: Innovations in Business and Policy鈥� by Associate Professor Nikolay Anguelov (Public Policy)
• 鈥淐reating and Sustaining a Living Nature Lab in Dartmouth 糖心logo入口鈥� by Assistant Professor Robert Gegear (Biology)
• 鈥淔riendship Dynamics during the Pandemic鈥� by Professor Mahzad Hojjat (Psychology)
• 鈥淔acilitating Social Justice and Community Activism through Choral Music鈥� by Associate Professor Ronald Sherwin (Music)