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Achievements ·

Five CAS Faculty Members Named Top 2% Scientists Worldwide in 2024

Stanford-Elsevier Ranking Recognizes Research Impact
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AU Men's 11th Annual Sustainability Awareness Game

Environment ·

Annual Zero Waste Competition Tips Off with Sustainability-themed Men’s Basketball Game, Feb. 10

Part of the Campus Race to Zero Waste competition to reduce waste produced on campus
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Sustainability tracking, assessment, and rating system

Environment ·

American University Earns Its Seventh STARS Gold Rating

Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education rates AU’s sustainability efforts.
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WWF CEO Carter Roberts and Kogod dean David Marchick

Environment ·

WWF Protects Not Just Furry Animals, but Nature Itself

Kogod hosted CEO Carter Roberts on November 12 as part of its Gamechangers in Sustainability Speaker Series
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AU staff and students with trash sorting for compost, recycling, and trash.

Environment ·

AU Ranks Second in The Princeton Review’s Top 50 Green Colleges List

Highest ranking yet in annual list
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Dennis Smith, building automation technician, operates an automated logic control (ALC) panel.

Buildings ·

Building Automation Systems – a ‘Sixth Sense’ for Ensuring Energy Conservation and Optimal Efficiency

How do university engineers ensure that energy conservation and optimal efficiency are maintained in campus buildings?
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From left, Patrick Atwell, Sean Barrett, and Rick Putnam stand in front of their Ram work truck at Airlie Berkshire Farm. Photo by Jeff Watts.

In the Community ·

From Farm to Fork

Airlie Berkshire Farm’s three hardworking agriculturists care for the animals and tend to the crops that feed the campus community.
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Aerial view of a swirling hurricane over Earth. Photo from Getty.

Environment ·

3 Facts and a Fiction: The Eye of the Storm

Hurricanes are the deadliest, costliest, and most destructive of all weather-related hazards in the US. With Hurricane Helene battering the East Coast, environmental science professor Stephen MacAvoy explains what to expect now—and in the future.
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An environmental science class in AU's Hall of Science

Science ·

AU Launches PhD in Biomedical and Environmental Health Sciences

Professor Victoria Connaughton explains how new degree intertwines science along with skills to develop policies informed by science
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AU students look over the treasures they picked up at Project Move In. Photo by Jeff Watts.

On Campus ·

One Student’s Discards are Another Eagle’s Dorm Décor

The Office of Sustainability and Facilities Management Zero Waste Office’s 2024 Project Move In distributed 17 tons of gently-used items to AU students this fall.
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