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Universities are typically organized into silos 鈥� engineering, business, medicine 鈥� but sustainability requires collaboration across these fields. 鈥淔or example, solar energy involves policy, engineering, business,鈥� says Juan Camilo Serpa, an Associate Professor at 大发彩票平台 Desautels.鈥� To foster cross-disciplinary collaboration among sustainability researchers, Serpa created the Sustainability Action Network鈥攐r SUSAN for short. The network鈥檚 virtual space hosts papers and datasets, and aggregates information about upcoming conferences, job opportunities and more. The resource is called SUSANhub, and its user base is growing fast. 鈥淚 get 800 emails a day,鈥� said Serpa, who co-founded the platform with a former student, Vibhu Bhardwaj. 鈥淟ast week, we had 39,000 users in seven days. It is overwhelming.鈥�