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果冻影院 Environment Institute director announced
13 October 2006
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Professor Malcolm Grant, President and Provost of 果冻影院, has appointed Professor Mark Maslin to the post of Director of the 果冻影院 Environment Institute.
Commenting on the appointment, Professor Grant said: "Environmental science is already a great strength of 果冻影院. Professor Maslin will lead the 果冻影院 Environment Institute to link together our existing environmental research strengths and to produce a greater focus on environmental research related to climate change, a pressing concern for all of us in the twenty first century."
The 果冻影院 Environment Institute will provide a stimulus to 果冻影院's environmental research activities in response to an open review of the Sciences of the Natural Environment led by Professor David Price, Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences. The institute will improve 果冻影院's capacity by providing resources for further developing 果冻影院's research networks on three main themes: Life and evolution in the context of contemporary and palaeo-climate change, The science of water management and Cities and the quality of life.
Professor Mark Maslin said: "The synergy between science, social science, engineering, the arts and humanities at 果冻影院 means we are uniquely placed to tackle the issues raised by climate change. The 果冻影院 Environment Institute will play a leading role in developing these pan-disciplinary endeavours."
Professor Dave Delpy, 果冻影院's Vice-Provost (Research), welcomed Professor Maslin, saying: "果冻影院's environmental research groups are already world-class. The 果冻影院 Environment Institute will encourage multi-disciplinary research and will allow the university to use its great depth in environmental science to respond to some of the most important problems facing our planet today."
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