Sustainability News

Sustainability is central to the mission and strategic plan of »Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ·, and we're proud of the many ways our campus community has effected positive change in the world we all share.

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Sustainability Month is Filled with Access- and Eco-related Events

October is Sustainability Month at the college and campus community members are hosting more than a dozen lectures,…

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Donated Student Items Bring in $8,000 to Interfaith Center and Resources to Local Nonprofits

Items that would be bound for the trash heap but instead were donated by departing students last summer raised more…

Professor Tony Ingraffea
Sustainability Lecture Focuses on Renewable Energy

Cornell University Professor Tony Ingraffea, featured speaker for the President’s Annual Sustainability Lecture,…

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State Grant Advances »Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ·'s Partnership with Rochester Elementary School

A recently announced $2.5 million School Improvement Grant will fund services provided by »Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· to Rochester…

Gilman Program recipients.
Gilman Scholarship Program Aids Students with Limited Financial Means to Study Abroad

The Gilman Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial…

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Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth State Park Officially Opens

»Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· President Denise A. Battles was among those cutting the ribbon this week to officially open the…

Ben Conard '16
Students and Graduates Earn International and National Awards

Several students and recent »Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· graduates are overseas helping with country development, learning about…

Noreen Corey '83 at the school in Equatorial Guinea.
Sparks of Change: Alumna Creates First School for the Deaf

Sparks of Change: Alumna Creates First School for the Deaf

Raymond Lord III '11 in NYC
Alumni Spotlight: Raymond Lord III '11

The first home Raymond Lord III ’11 sold as a newbie real-estate agent was $3 million. He's paying his success…

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Janna Babad and Anna Sophia Katomski '15 Earn Fulbright Awards

A »Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· graduating senior and a recent alumna have been awarded highly competitive U.S. Student Fulbright…

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Turning Ideas Into Action

Four »Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· students were selected to travel to the University of California, Berkeley for the 2016 Clinton…

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Students Complete Another Record-Breaking 'Relay for Life' Effort

»Ê¹Ú²©²ÊÍøÖ· students raised an unprecedented $173,282.51 in Saturday’s 11th annual Relay for Life, a fundraiser…