ORANGE, Calif.—Chapman University received $2.2 million in federal funding on April 14 for its Earth Systems Science Data Solutions Lab, which helps track goals for sustainability set forth by the United Nations.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals target concerns related to human health, clean energy, air pollution, and poverty, among other related initiatives.
“[The funding] enables us to invest in the infrastructure we need to build upon this research area,” Chapman’s Dean of Schmid College of Science and Technology—which conducts the research—Michael Ibba, told The Epoch Times.
Ibba said the funds will help in recruiting experts and paying for facilities….