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April 7, 2021
Solutions to today s most complex sustainability challenges require new interaction models between university researchers and decision-makers in government, corporations, and nongovernmental organizations. The problem is that traditional research models rarely produce knowledge with the relevance and speed sufficient to inform decision-making in government and corporations.  David M. Lodge, the Francis J. DiSalvo Director of Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and faculty member in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (CALS), helped overcome these issues in order to reduce the introduction, spread and impact of invasive species in the North American Great Lakes. 
Sea Lamprey, Zebra and Quagga Mussels, Phragmites and many other invasive species cost the Great Lakes regional economy 100s of millions of dollars annually, while many new species, like Asian carps, threaten to arrive and spread each year. ....

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