Office of Sustainability

2020:

• Campus Welcomes a New Garden to Foster Connection in Memory of the Late ‘Swing Tree’ (UConn Today -- Oct 15, 2020)
• Walk with Me – A Podcast Series to Elevate BIPOC Voices in the Outdoors (UConn Today -- Oct 6, 2020)
• The Psychologist and the Bees (UConn Today -- September 21, 2020)
• Op-Ed: American Environmentalism’s Racist Roots Have Shaped Global Thinking About Conservation (UConn Today -- Sept 14, 2020)
• UConn Now a Platinum and Green University (UConn Today -- June 4, 2020)
• If You Have Eco-Anxiety, This Class is For You (UConn Today -- May 26, 2020)
• UConn’s Class of 2020, Uprooted from Campus, Puts Down ‘Roots’ with Class Tree (UConn Today -- May 19, 2020)
• COP25: UConn Students Participate in Global Climate Change Forum (UConn Today -- April 3, 2020)
• UConn Joins National Teaching Effort to ‘Solve Climate By 2030’ (UConn Today -- March 25, 2020)
• Bee Campus Affiliate Spotlight: University of Connecticut Storrs (Bee City USA -- March 5, 2020)
• Report Emphasizes Importance of Communication in Climate Change Resilience (UConn Today -- January 21, 2020)
• UConn Ranked No. 11 in Sustainability University Rankings (UConn Today -- January 8, 2020)

2019:

• UConn Extension Growing Food with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation (UConn Today -- November 7, 2019)
• A Letter from President Katsouleas to the UConn Community (Katsouleas -- October 2, 2019)
• The Environment on Every Student's Planner (UConn Today -- Sept 12, 2019)
• Sierra Club Lauds UConn's Sustainability Efforts (UConn Today -- Sept 12, 2019)
• Civilization Is Accelerating Extinction and Altering the Natural World at a Pace ‘Unprecedented in Human History’ (The New York Times -- May 6, 2019)
• UConn Recognizes Greg Anderson's Lifetime of Environmental Leadership (UConn Today -- April 17, 2019)
• Focus on Sustainability: UConn's Spring Fling (UConn Today -- April 17, 2019)
• Dining Services switches from plastic to paper bags (The Daily Campus -- January 23, 2019)

2018:

• Environmental leaders call on presidential search committee to choose sustainability-focused president (The Daily Campus -- October 29, 2018)
• UConn joins University Climate Change Coalition (The Daily Campus -- September 20, 2018)
• Catching Recyclables Before the Football Game (UConn Today -- September 17, 2018)
• Food Decisions Can Reduce Greenhouse Emissions, Study Says (UConn Today -- June 7, 2018)
• These CRISPR-modified Crops Don’t Count as GMOs (UConn Today -- May 23, 2018)
• Saving the Monarch (UConn Today -- May 18, 2018)
• Nature Park an Opportunity for Quiet on Busy Campus (UConn Today -- May 17, 2018)
• A New Approach to Social Resilience – Through Landscape Architecture (UConn Today -- May 10, 2018)
• "Climate Justice: Conversations Across Barriers and Borders" (Daily Campus -- April 23, 2018)
• Answering the call: Faith Gemmill on environmental activism for Alaska (Daily Campus -- April 19, 2018)
• Environmental Metanoia features art, food and films throughout the month of April (Daily Campus -- April 5, 2018)
• Composting workshop to be held March 31st (Daily Campus -- March 23, 2018)
• New Method Unearths Climate Data from Ancient Soils (UConn Today -- March 2, 2018)
• Hunting is Changing Forests, But Not as Expected (UConn Today -- February 16, 2018)
• UConn Senate passes environmental gen ed requirement (Daily Campus -- February 6, 2018)
• Sourcing Contamination in Waterways (UConn Today -- January 26, 2018)
• The Nation’s Waterways are Becoming Saltier, Study Says (UConn Today -- January 10, 2018)

2017:

• UConn@COP made sure the US was more than just a closed door on climate change at the UN climate meeting (Daily Campus -- December 8, 2017)
• Study Sustainability at One of America's 5 Greenest Colleges (September 26, 2017)
• UConn students remedy the forest along Discovery Drive (Daily Campus -- October 26, 2017)
• Fueling the Future with Seaweed (UConn Today -- October 17, 2017)
• UConn Alum Heads State's First Food Waste-To-Energy Plant (UConn Today -- October 5, 2017)
• 'Green Industries' Now Drive Connecticut Agriculture (UConn Today -- September 29, 2017)
• Study Sustainability at One of America's 5 Greenest Colleges (Budget Dumpster -- September 26, 2017)
• Big Changes in Store for UConn's Trees and Yours (UConn Today -- August 31, 2017)
• Mystic Aquarium Chooses UConn as Research Base  (UConn Today -- July 5, 2017)
• The Next Generation of Farming (UConn Today -- June 20, 2017)
• Tick-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (UConn Today -- June 23, 2017)
• Generating a Buzz on Campus (UConn Today -- May 23, 2017)
• Biodiesel Helps UConn Gain Green Rating at all 8 Dining Halls (Biodiesel Magazine -- April 20, 2017)
• UConn Rolls Out 10 New Buses at Storrs (UConn Today -- March 23, 2017)
• Researched Unveils Tool for Cleaner Long Island Sound (UConn Today -- February 20, 2017)
• President Herbst Welcome Back Announcement (January 16, 2017)

2016:

• Letter From Higher Education Leaders on Climate Action (Second Nature - December 14, 2016)
• Top-Performing Institutions for Sustainability, 2016 (The Chronicle of Higher Education -- November 18, 2016)
• COP22: Marrakech Updates from UConn Climate Resource Exchange (Climate Resrouce Exchange -- November 9, 2016)
• Connecticut's Campaign To Cut Food Waste (Hartford Courant -- July 25, 2016)
• UConn Reclaimed Water Facility Shows Campus’ Green Side (Treatment Plant Operator Magazine -- October 2016 Issue)
• UConn in Sierra Club ‘Cool Schools’ Top 10 – Again (UConn Today -- September 6, 2016)
• OEP Intern Studying Ecosystem at Nuclear Power Plant UConn Today -- July 27, 2016
• Major Infrastructure Work Underway at UConn UConn Today -- July 26, 2016
• Setting High Standards: LEED Gold Now the Rule UConn Today -- July 14, 2016
• New Faculty Projects Will Advance Academic Plan UConn Today -- July 13, 2016
• UConn Restores Acreage to Agricultural Use UConn Today -- March 30, 2016
• The State of the World’s Oceans UConn Today -- February 10, 2016
• Climate Resiliency Project Wins Federal Competition UConn Today -- February 2, 2016