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UMBC recognized for top performance in the water category
The 2023 Sustainable Campus Index (SCI) recognizes top-performing colleges and universities by country, institution type, and in 17 sustainability impact areas, as measured by the Sustainability...
November 16, 2023
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Join our office in welcoming him to UMBC!
Taylor Smith has joined UMBC as the university’s new Assistant Director of Sustainability. Taylor has previously worked in the private sector as an environmental engineer and sustainability...
November 15, 2023
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Learn more about her work on invasive species on campus!
Our Sustainability Fellow, Bella Dastvan, recently wrapped up her fellowship, but her work on invasive species will certainly outlast her tenure with our office! Check out this great article from...
July 10, 2023
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Studying Sediment Storage in a [Water]Shed
We invite you to join us in celebrating Jason Chase, who successfully defended his master's thesis on "Assessing the role of culvert sediment storage in an urbanized watershed" Tuesday, June 27th....
June 29, 2023
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How to handle poor air quality conditions
You've probably heard a lot more about air quality in the past few days...and for good reason! Air quality is consistently an issue in the Baltimore region (especially in the summer), but the...
June 8, 2023
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Our Climate Corps Fellow was published in Facilities Manager
UMBC's Office of Sustainability's Climate Corps Fellow, Bella Dastvan recently had her work highlighted in "Facilities Manager." Bella has spent her year surveying invasive species on our campus...
June 2, 2023
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Check out the impact our EAs made this year!
Each year we publish an annual report highlighting the impact and accomplishments of our Eco-Ambassador program! The final report for 2022-2023 has been published. We had 8 Eco-Ambassadors who...
June 1, 2023
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Being Bold by Focusing on Justice in Climate Solutions
Congratulations to UMBC ICARE students Molly Finch, Erin Hamner, Autumn Powell, and Aiman Raza, who recently published an opinion piece: “Being bold by Focusing on Justice in Climate Solutions” in...
May 31, 2023
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Congratulations to our 2023 GES Student Awardees! Tara Willey Excellence in Teaching Award Awarded to a GES graduate student in recognition for outstanding contributions to undergraduate...
May 23, 2023
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Masters Moving to New Missions
Congratulations graduating GES Master's students! Here's to celebrating the completion of your theses and building on your recent work through future plans! Chris Blume: Thesis:...
May 23, 2023
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