The Gund Institute will host a virtual event, “Sustainability in the Pandemic Era,” on April 21 from 2:30-4 p.m. This Earth Week panel discussion will showcase perspectives on COVID-19 from Gund Fellows and Affiliates, including reports on preliminary research, and provide a forum for sharing promising ideas and opportunities for collaborative work. Topics include food insecurity, disease ecology, mental health, Sustainable Development Goals, rebuilding our economy and more.

Confirmed panelists include:
--Meredith Niles (Fellow, CALS), who is co-leading a national survey on food insecurity related to the pandemic.
--Chris Danforth (Fellow, Complex Systems) who has tracked coronavirus trends on social media, and the pandemic’s dramatic reduction of global happiness.
--Stephanie Seguino (Fellow, CAS), who is interested in equity issues regarding patterns of infection, as well as impacts of economic stimulus.
--Brendan Fisher (Fellow, RSENR), who is analyzing the pandemic’s effect on global progress toward the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
--Luz DeWit (Postdoctoral Fellow, RSENR), who studies the ecology of novel infectious diseases, including how they jump from other species to people.

Register here