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Demonstrating Green Building Technologies in China
When College of Engineering and Computer Science Professor Jianshun “Jensen” Zhang set out to develop a software platform that would integrate and optimize the design of green buildings, little did he know it would lead to an international collaborative project…
Proposals Being Accepted for Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability Funding
The SU Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) program is offering up to $75,000 for faculty or student projects that advance the University’s goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, directly or indirectly, or through raising awareness on campus about…
Alarming Arctic Warming Not Likely To Sound Alarm With Federal Policymakers
This week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a report detailing rising temperatures and increased melting in the Arctic Ocean. Ice older than four years now makes up less than one percent of the Arctic ice pack, according to…
Pan Am 103 Remembrance Trees to be Planted on South Campus
University College has organized a tree planting project with departments across campus to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Pan Am 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland. Working with Larry Mason, professor of visual communications in the Newhouse School and Syracuse…
EPA and College Consensus Rank Syracuse University 8th Among Top 25 Green Colleges in the United States
College Consensus has ranked Syracuse University 8th in its listing of the Top 25 Best Green Colleges in the United States. For the purpose of developing the Green Colleges list, College Consensus partnered with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power…
‘River Blue’ Film Oct. 16 Examines Fashion Industry Pollution of Rivers
Sustainability Management and student group Students of Sustainability are sponsoring a free screening of the eye-opening documentary “River Blue” on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater. The event is free and open to the public, with entry…
Challenges, Events Highlight Campus Sustainability Month
As the leaves begin to change from green to orange across campus, Sustainability Management invites members of the University community to become sustainability change agents by taking part in the international celebration of Campus Sustainability Month during October. Throughout the…
Food Services Expands Its Sustainability Practices, One Plastic Straw at a Time
There’s something missing this fall from all five campus dining centers. Don’t worry: the chicken tenders are still there. But plastic straws are gone. The plastic straw ban sweeping the nation has come to Syracuse University. SU Food Services opted…
Kroger’s Plastic Bags Plan is Further Evidence of Private Sector Sustainability Push
Kroger Co., the largest supermarket chain in the country, recently announced plans to get rid of single-use plastic bags in stores by 2025. It’s the most recent in a series of announcements by large companies striving to hit sustainability goals…
VPA’s Don Carr Receives Core77 Design Awards Honor for SyracuseCoE Project
Don Carr, professor of design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, received a runner-up honor in the Design Concept category in the 2018 Core77 Design Awards program for the project Amber Waves, an energy harvesting…