It was two years ago when Chris Swan received a phone call from an old graduate-school friend on the west coast who heard Maryland prison officials were looking for scientists to collaborate on...
September 6, 2014
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Check this out: A quick video clip that was put together by the Peace Corps, featuring two RPCVs who are now pursuing graduate degrees and continuing their service work. One of them is our own...
September 4, 2014
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Exciting progress has been made on many fronts! Students have built raised beds for the new campus community Garden, after winning the SGA Prove-it competition in collaboration with...
August 28, 2014
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Eric Zeemering, Public Policy, to Present Talk on Sustainability in Baltimore (7/15) Definitions of sustainability can vary, sometimes focusing on urban...
July 14, 2014
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Last spring the student body voted on SGA Prove-It grant funding for a campus improvement project. 70% voted for a community garden on campus. The garden is currently being built by student...
July 8, 2014
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New peer sustainability education group on campus.
Apply to join the UMBC Eco-Ambassador Team! Eco-Ambassadors… inform and inspire fellow students about how and why to live green on campus work with UMBC staff and faculty to devise and...
June 30, 2014
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Scientisits quantify potential benefits for the first time
Check out new research from Dr. Don Weller from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and UMBC's Dr. Matthew Baker...
June 25, 2014
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Both staff&faculty are leading green improvements in offices
On Wednesday, May 28th UMBC's Green Office Program launched after a year of development and piloting. Each of the 30 seats were filled with staff and faculty for a training on how to implement the...
June 2, 2014
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10:55 AM
GES goes to Costa Rica
Dr. Holland is leading a group of fifteen UMBC students down to Costa Rica for a GES summer field course focusing on conservation and sustainable development in two biological (conservation)...
May 28, 2014
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UMBC hopes to build connections with Catonsville using Short Line Trail With the Rails to Trails program in Catonsville, an old, beaten-up path has become a new, water-resistant trail for walkers,...
May 21, 2014
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