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»Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· marked a significant milestone on April 25 with the official grand opening of the newly renovated Milne Library.

SUNY's leader for sustainability and climate action visited campus to learn about »Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ·'s efforts.

Milne Library is the first building on campus to eliminate the use of fossil fuels, reducing the campus carbon footprint. It utilizes full electrification for building systems.

»Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· has been celebrating Earth Month with several student-organized events that are open to all, including a tree planting on April 27.

A new partnership agreement between SUNY College at »Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· and Rochester Institute of Technology’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability will enable qualified students from »Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· to enroll in RIT’s sustainable systems master's degree program beginning next fall. Application fees are waived for the program.

»Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· has again been named one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review.

Ten »Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· students will serve as Presidential Scholars for the 2023¬¬–24¬ academic year.

Nearly three million people visit the wilds of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming every year. Recent graduate Liz Haley ’23, a psychology and sustainability double major, served this summer as a social science intern at the park.

This year's Walter Harding Lecture will be delivered by Robin Wall Kimmerer, author, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.

Social entrepreneur and urban revitalization strategist Majora Carter will deliver this year's President's Sustainability Lecture on October 4.

The Office of Sustainability and members from more than five student organizations are spearheading activities for a week of events in celebration of Earth Day, April 22.

»Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· has hired a recent alum as its first sustainability fellow to help the college’s sustainability efforts and guide sustainability interns in expanding their work. 

Geology and microbiology professor Bruce W. Fouke will deliver the 19th annual American Rock Salt Lecture in Geology on Thursday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. at »Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· in Newton Hall, room 202.

»Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· is one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2023 Edition.

American activist, biologist, author, senior scientist, and cancer survivor Dr. Sandra Steingraber will deliver the President’s Sustainability Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 2:30 p.m. in the College Union Ballroom. 

A new cooperative admission program between »Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· and Finger Lakes Community College allows FLCC students to transfer to »Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· without an additional application.

The »Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· Tempestry group uses crafting to create colorful, tactile visualizations of climate change over time.

Planting a food forest on campus, exploring issues of hunger and vaccination, and designing a literature-based curriculum for public schools that represents students of color are among several inquiries the 2022 »Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· Student Ambassadors will make.

In a new article published in the Journal of Biogeography, geographer Associate Professor Stephen Tulowiecki and four undergraduate researchers examined the influence of Native American land use on the composition of historic forests in the Northeastern United States.

»Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· is named as a Tree Campus USA College by the Tree Campus Higher Education, an Arbor Day Foundation program that honors colleges and universities and their leaders for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation.

Amanda Schmidt, Ph.D., will deliver this year’s American Rock Salt Lecture in Geology on Thursday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m. in Newton Hall room 214. The lecture will also be live-streamed to those who register in advance.

Stephen Tulowiecki, associate professor of Geography and Sustainability Studies at »Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ·, has spent two years developing a thematic map atlas of Letchworth State Park.

»Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· is one of the nation's most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2022 Edition.

Author, storyteller, and cultural geographer Carolyn Finney will deliver »Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøַ’s annual Walter Harding Lecture on Thursday, October 28, at 6:15 p.m. in Doty Recital Hall.

»Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· is hosting a series of events in observance of Campus Sustainability Month.