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51³Ô¹Ï Men's 11th Annual Sustainability Awareness Game

Environment ·

Annual Zero Waste Competition Tips Off with Sustainability-themed Men’s Basketball Game, Feb. 10

Part of the Campus Race to Zero Waste competition to reduce waste produced on campus
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Sustainability tracking, assessment, and rating system

Environment ·

51³Ô¹Ï Earns Its Seventh STARS Gold Rating

Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education rates 51³Ô¹Ï’s sustainability efforts.
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WWF CEO Carter Roberts and Kogod dean David Marchick

Environment ·

WWF Protects Not Just Furry Animals, but Nature Itself

Kogod hosted CEO Carter Roberts on November 12 as part of its Gamechangers in Sustainability Speaker Series
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51³Ô¹Ï staff and students with trash sorting for compost, recycling, and trash.

Environment ·

51³Ô¹Ï Ranks Second in The Princeton Review’s Top 50 Green Colleges List

Highest ranking yet in annual list
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Dennis Smith, building automation technician, operates an automated logic control (ALC) panel.

Buildings ·

Building Automation Systems – a ‘Sixth Sense’ for Ensuring Energy Conservation and Optimal Efficiency

How do university engineers ensure that energy conservation and optimal efficiency are maintained in campus buildings?
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Aerial view of a swirling hurricane over Earth. Photo from Getty.

Environment ·

3 Facts and a Fiction: The Eye of the Storm

Hurricanes are the deadliest, costliest, and most destructive of all weather-related hazards in the US. With Hurricane Helene battering the East Coast, environmental science professor Stephen MacAvoy explains what to expect now—and in the future.
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From left, Patrick Atwell, Sean Barrett, and Rick Putnam stand in front of their Ram work truck at Airlie Berkshire Farm. Photo by Jeff Watts.

In the Community ·

From Farm to Fork

Airlie Berkshire Farm’s three hardworking agriculturists care for the animals and tend to the crops that feed the campus community.
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51³Ô¹Ï students look over the treasures they picked up at Project Move In. Photo by Jeff Watts.

On Campus ·

One Student’s Discards are Another Eagle’s Dorm Décor

The Office of Sustainability and Facilities Management Zero Waste Office’s 2024 Project Move In distributed 17 tons of gently-used items to 51³Ô¹Ï students this fall.
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Caroline Boone. Graphic by Jaylene Arnold.

On Campus ·

Eagle Tales: Wasting No Time

51³Ô¹Ï boasts about 1,900 dedicated staff members. Meet one here: Caroline Boone, zero waste manager in Facilities Management.
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Linay Foreman. Graphic by Jaylene Arnold.

On Campus ·

Eagle Tales: Sweet Treats and Meet-and-Greets

51³Ô¹Ï boasts about 1,900 dedicated staff members. Meet one here: Linay Foreman, staff assistant in Facilities Management.
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