Sustainability News

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

Graduate working in peace corps
We're a Peace Corps Top-Producing College Five Years Running

ʹڲַ is ranked No. 13 among medium-sized schools on the Peace Corps’ 2019 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges…

Kathryn Hochstetler
Roemer Lecture on Emerging Powers and Climate Change

Kathryn Hochstetler, a professor of international development at the London School of Economics and Political…

Ethan Smith '20, Ariana Walczyk '19 and Sara Feinland '19 show their art projects for the course.
Students Explore Sustainability Issues Through Art

Students in a spring honors course, “The Politics of Sustainability Through Art,” are exploring environmental…

Alec Ritter '20 and Clara Gallagher '20 stand with the composting bins.
Student-led Composting Program Cultivates Waste

Student interns from the Office of Sustainability have created a compost-collection program that includes…

CAS's Executive Chef Ilana Stevenson Cahill harvesting garlic scapes
ʹڲַ Named to Princeton Review's Green College List

ʹڲַ is included in the newly released 2018 edition of The Princeton Review’s Guide to 399 Green…

Garlic scapes
ʹڲַ Celebrates Campus Sustainability Month

October is Campus Sustainability Month at ʹڲַ and the College community is hosting a…

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
Hip-Hop Climate Activist to Give President’s Sustainability Lecture

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, a leader in the indigenous environmental activist community, will deliver the President’s 2018…

Red Jacket Dining Hall
Ribbon Cutting Celebrates Red Jacket Dining Complex

ʹڲַ President Denise A. Battles and Campus Auxiliary Services (CAS) will host the grand opening and ribbon…

The College Green, from above
Light Project Boosts Campus Sustainability

As a cost-savings and sustainability effort, the College is replacing traditional lights on campus with Light…

Students mingle during the Mardi Gras celebration.
New Living-Learning Communities Initiative in Student Life

The Department of Student Life has redesigned the housing options on campus to more closely align with its…

Jessica Kroenert '15 with a child from her village in Senegal.
ʹڲַ Among Peace Corps’ 2018 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities

ʹڲַ is ranked No. 10 among medium- size schools on the Peace Corps’ 2018 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and…

Earth from space
NASA Space Grant Researchers Examining ʹڲַ Atmosphere

Three researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy have received a $20,000 research initiation grant from…