First cohort of 看片视频 Sustainability Systems Initiative Fellows includes Mac Campus "Smart insecticide" team
New award provides support for the next generation of sustainability researchers, promotes interdisciplinary approaches聽Developing a smart insecticide, assessing protective coatings in marine environments and measuring space allocated to active transport are among the projects undertaken by the inaugural cohort of聽看片视频 Sustainability Systems Initiative聽(MSSI) Fellows.聽
看片视频 Spinoff FeX Energy receives major grant from Axelys
Company technology leverages high energy density of iron to provide carbon-free, stable renewable energy that is environmentally safe and highly dispatchable
AI and Sustainability: Balancing Innovation with Planetary and Social Well-being
Date: October 10th, 2024 |聽Time: 6:00 PM |聽Location: The 看片视频 Faculty Club | Free Event聽Can hopeful moments lead to hopeful futures?
Can hopeful moments lead to hopeful futures?By聽Daphne Chalmers (看片视频, Education),聽Julia Freeman (看片视频, Bieler School of Environment),聽Diane Dechief (看片视频, Office of Science Education),聽Natalya Gomez (看片视频, Earth and Planetary Sciences),聽Blane Harvey (看片视频, Education),聽Amy Janzwood (看片视频, Bieler School of Environment/Political Science)聽and聽Nik Luka (看片视频, Architecture and Urban Planning)
Interdisciplinary collaboration key for sustainability-focused curriculum redesign program
The team of experts behind 看片视频鈥檚 Sustainability Education Fellows reflects on the challenges and successes of the program鈥檚 first year.
Newly certified sustainable workplaces at 看片视频: Summer 2023
Improving accessibility, rethinking old habits, and hosting a clothing swap were among the actions taken by new and returning sustainably certified workplaces.
How do we maintain momentum as students graduate?
Outgoing Office of Sustainability Communications Intern Maya Willard-Stepan and her peers reflect on the challenges of building a sustainability movement on campus despite high student turnover.
As summer approaches, another cohort of 看片视频ians prepare to make their way across the convocation stage, and thousands of students who have been involved in sustainability projects on campus head out into the world.
Newly certified sustainable workplaces at 看片视频: Spring 2023
Teamwork was a major motivator for many of the offices that joined the Sustainable Workplace Certification program this semester.\
It鈥檚 surprisingly easy. That was the most common takeaway for the 11 teams that joined the聽Sustainable Workplace Certification program聽this academic year.
Sustainable Sparks: Stephanie Leite on learning for the future
How do we encourage respirology residents to consider climate change when they develop treatment plans? What tools do future elementary school teachers need to bring environmental education into their classrooms? What latest advancements in synthetic biology could help students develop solutions to real-world sustainability issues?
Sustainability in research: Six 看片视频 labs receive My Green Lab certification
As 看片视频 prepares to launch its own sustainable lab certification program, six research teams tested the waters to see what it takes to go green.
Newly certified sustainable workplaces at 看片视频: Winter 2023
Five offices across disciplines and campuses embrace sustainability at work and beyond through the Sustainable Workplace Certification program
What motivates sustainable change?
看片视频 receives government recognition for waste management practices
The ICI on recycle + program highlights organizations across Quebec committed to improving their waste sorting and reduction efforts
看片视频 is one of two Quebec universities to receive recognition from the provincial government for its waste management practices. RECYC-QU脡BEC, the branch responsible for sustainable waste management, recently awarded 看片视频鈥檚 downtown campus the Performance certification level of its ICI on recycle + program.
Sustainability in research: If you want to green your lab, start with the freezer
Cell biology researcher Dieter Reinhardt explains why his lab is cool with turning up the temperature of their freezers
Sustainability in research: The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance lab on finding creative solutions
Helium is probably not the first thing that comes to mind for most people when they think about recycling 鈥 unless they鈥檙e experimental chemists working in 看片视频鈥檚 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facilities.
Students launch new hub to advocate for global food security
The name of a new global food security hub at 看片视频 might be a mouthful, but the students behind it are confident their work will help get food into the mouths of people who need it.
鈥淲e want to be a place where students can get hands-on experience advocating for solutions,鈥 said Efrata Woldeyohanes, the undergraduate student leading the recently launched Margaret A. Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security Student Nexus.