On the 5th episode of Urban Impact, Kean Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David S. Birdsell, Ph.D., explains what nonprofits need to do to maximize their impact and how they became such an important part of America’s social support network.

On the 4th episode of Urban Impact, biologist Brenna Levine, Ph.D., discusses how the population density and higher average temperatures of urban areas make them susceptible to invasive species that are disrupting their biodiversity.

Daniela Shebitz, Ph.D. explains what an ethnobotanist is, why urban farming and micro forests are so important, and why solving the Earth’s carbon problem comes down to individuals, not corporations.

On the second episode of Kean’s podcast, Urban Impact, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David S. Birdsell, Ph.D., explains what Kean’s urban research designation means for students, researchers and communities across New Jersey.

What happens when a university is officially designated an "urban research" university? On the first episode of Urban Impact, Kean Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David S. Birdsell, Ph.D., explains Kean’s important role as New Jersey’s first urban research university and the impact of the designation. Please SUBSCRIBE & RATE! Visit the Urban Impact webpage here: www.kean.edu/urban-impact

Urban Impact is hosted by Barbara George Johnson, J.D.,Vice President of External Affairs and Urban Policy and Research at Kean University, and Michael Salvatore, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Administration at Kean University.