APLU institutions strive to fulfill the world’s food, feed, fiber and fuel needs while protecting our world’s natural resources and improving our human communities.
AGRICULTURE, HUMAN SCIENCES & NATURAL RESOURCES
Iowa State University will establish and host a new national Institute for Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education. APLU and the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) chose Iowa State to lead the institute, which is designed to foster and coordinate research and education activities using a One Health approach to comprehensively tackle the AMR problem.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & ENGAGEMENT
APLU supports its public research university members contributing to the economic welfare, well-being, and quality of life of communities in rural communities across the nation.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
APLU’s Challenge of Change commission unveiled its much-anticipated report and action plan, which centers on harnessing the vast academic, research, and leadership capabilities of public research universities to address the transdisciplinary challenges of food and nutrition security.
AGRICULTURE, HUMAN SCIENCES & NATURAL RESOURCES
Understanding and meeting the needs of employers and the skills new graduates will take with them into the workplace is vital when developing curricula and degree programs.
AGRICULTURE, HUMAN SCIENCES & NATURAL RESOURCES
The Healthy Food Systems, Healthy People initiative calls for collaborations and integration among agriculture, food, nutrition, and health care systems that have never before been explored or optimized.
AGRICULTURE, HUMAN SCIENCES & NATURAL RESOURCES
APLU’s Board on Natural Resources and Board on Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate authored the Science, Education, and Outreach Roadmap for Natural Resources to provide guidance for policy makers in strategic planning and investment.
AGRICULTURE, HUMAN SCIENCES & NATURAL RESOURCES
The United States (U.S.) risks losing the ability to compete internationally if we ask our researchers and educators to conduct and deliver 21st century results in facilities from the 1950s and 1960s
AGRICULTURE, HUMAN SCIENCES & NATURAL RESOURCES
APLU, through the Boards on Agriculture Assembly (BAA), Natural Resources (BNR), and Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate (BOAC), works to increase federal funding for research and outreach on water resources issues.
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