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Water Sustainability Graduate Certificate
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
- University of South Florida (FL)
Skilled sustainability professionals are needed in order to create effective solutions to the complex global water challenges. This certificate program will equip students with the theory, practice and skills to ...
- Posted Feb. 23, 2023
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Sustainable Transportation Graduate Certificate
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
- University of South Florida (FL)
The predominant focus on automobile transportation has led to a variety of consequences that are less than sustainable such as urban sprawl, rising rates of obesity, growth in green house ...
- Posted Feb. 23, 2023
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Sustainable Tourism Graduate Certificate
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
- University of South Florida (FL)
Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, accounting for 9% of the world GDP and 10.5% of the world's workforce. Tourism is also the fastest ...
- Posted Feb. 23, 2023
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Global Sustainability Graduate Certificate
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
- University of South Florida (FL)
The Graduate Certificate in Global Sustainability is intended to prepare students to address complex regional, national, and global challenges related to sustainability and the ability to innovate in diverse cultural ...
- Posted Feb. 23, 2023
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Food Sustainability and Security
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
- University of South Florida (FL)
Concerns about population growth, human health, and environmental quality have made food sustainability and security a top priority worldwide. The goal of this program is to provide students with a ...
- Posted Feb. 23, 2023
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Energy Sustainability Graduate Certificate
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
- University of South Florida (FL)
Concerns about future economic growth, standards of living, and environmental quality have made sustainable energy a top priority worldwide. The goal of this certificate program is to provide students with ...
- Posted Feb. 23, 2023
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Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Graduate Certificate
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
- University of South Florida (FL)
The certificate program in Climate Mitigation and Adaptation is intended to prepare students to address complex regional, national and global challenges associated with climate change adaptation and resilience. This concentration ...
- Posted Feb. 23, 2023
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Sustainable Business Graduate Certificate
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
- University of South Florida (FL)
The Sustainable Business graduate certificate will provide a foundation for designing sustainable organizations and businesses and related concepts pertaining to sustainability. Organizations and businesses from all sectors need to develop ...
- Posted Feb. 23, 2023
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MS in Global Sustainability
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
- University of South Florida (FL)
The Master of Science (MS) degree in Global Sustainability offers five (5) academic concentrations, available in a traditional on-campus format, blended hybrid formats or fully online: Entrepreneurship, Food Sustainability and ...
- Posted Feb. 23, 2023
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Integration of the SDGs Across Curricular / Co-Curricular Programs: Shared Best Practices
- Furman University (SC)
- George Mason University (VA)
- Mount Holyoke College (MA)
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
The United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Student Green Energy Fund
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
Currently enrolled students, faculty, and staff are invited to turn your brilliant ideas – small or large – into formal proposals for outcome-driven projects to help our Tampa campus conserve energy, reduce ...
- Posted Feb. 7, 2019
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Agricultural Sustainability & Food Biosecurity Certificate
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
The USDA recognizes the need to ensure a competent, qualified, and diverse workforce to serve the food and agricultural sciences and improve the economic health and viability of rural communities ...
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Civil & Environmental Engineering (BS)
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
Students following the Civil Engineering curriculum have the opportunity during their senior year to specialize with elective courses in the concentrations of: Geotechnical/Transportation, Structures/Materials, or Water/Environmental.
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Environmental Engineering (MS)
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
The M. S. E. V. is a research-oriented degree in which the student writes, as a major part of the degree requirements, a thesis that defines, examines, and reports in ...
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Environmental Science & Policy (BS)
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
The undergraduate degree in Environmental Science and Policy (ESP) is a Bachelor of Science degree. This unique interdisciplinary program incorporates courses from various colleges across the University. Although there are ...
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Renewable Energy Graduate Certificate
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
The Graduate Certificate program in Renewable Energy recognizes post-bachelor preparation for the engineering and design of modern renewable energy systems such as solar thermal, concentrated solar thermal (CSP), photovoltaic, etc ...
- Posted April 12, 2018
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Institutional challenges in CO2 footprint goals, inventorying, and implementing cost effective measures to meet the goals.
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
Presentation addresses challenges in setting actionable goals for sustainability in educational institutions. Students have great passion but no experience; academics want hands-on and research opportunity; facility managers are pragmatic and ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Moving the Needle on Commute Mode through Transportation Demand Management (TDM)
- Cornell University (NY)
- Stanford University (CA)
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
- AASHE (PA)
Offering sustainable transportation options to students and staff is the easy part. What more can you do to foster improvements in sustainable commute mode share? Transportation demand management (TDM) professionals ...
- Posted June 30, 2017
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Students Contribute Record-Breaking $6 Million to Student Green Energy Fund
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
The purpose of the Student Green Energy Fund is to provide an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to present formal proposals to a governing Fund Council with the goal ...
- Posted May 22, 2017
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Novel Solution to University's Pool and Shower Heating
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
The plan is to install a localized, state of the art heating system for Campus Recreation’s pool and shower systems. The project would involve disconnecting the central boiler heating ...
- Posted May 22, 2017
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Biofuels and Bioproducts Research Lab
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
The focus of research at the Biofuels and Bioproducts research lab includes studying the chemical makeup of algae and the economic and physical feasibility of optimizing it as an alternative ...
- Posted May 15, 2017
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Integrating Sustainability with Education and Community Engagement at USF
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
The University of South Florida's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has created several community and international programs for students to engage in sustainability projects. Three projects explored in ...
- Posted May 15, 2017
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USF “Share-A-Bull” Bicycle-Share Program
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
Deployed a smart bike-sharing program with 100 GPS enabled bikes, multiple bicycle parking stations, and a mobile phone app to facilitate locating, reserving and returning bikes. With this program, USF ...
- Posted June 1, 2016
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Compact Advanced Facility for Conversion of Waste Cooking Oil to Biodiesel to power the University Bus system
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
The University Bus system is powered by a Biodiesel mixture. The project investigated feasibility of generating its own Biodiesel from the waste cooking oil generated by the dining facilities and ...
- Posted May 26, 2016
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Beyond the Classroom: Experiential Learning and Students as Agents of Change within Local Communities
- Hillsborough Community College (FL)
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
Through innovative partnerships, students at Hillsborough Community College (HCC) are extending their education beyond the classroom by providing community-wide leadership in the field of sustainability. In 2012-2013, examples of student-led ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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University’s Role in Building Resilient Businesses and Communities – The Case of the University of South Florida
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
Disaster management professionals are at a critical point in history, when their decisions and actions will either have long‐lasting damaging effects within their communities, or make substantial contributions towards ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Flexible Urban Water Systems for the Adaptation of Campuses to Future Change Pressures
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
Water systems for new campuses or the major extension of existing campuses are designed for long operational life span of up to 50 years. However local change drivers such as ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Changing Travel Behavior One Trip at a Time: Meeting the Challenge of the Large Suburban Campus
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
In the late 1950s, a small suburban university was built on old farmland. It was envisioned that this school would primarily serve students in the region and would operate as ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Campus Master Planning and Sustainability: Building Consensus From (Under) the Ground Up
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
As colleges and universities strive to plan for a more sustainable future, many, like the large public university presented in this case study, face accelerated growth combined with increasingly acute ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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IIICE: A New Model for Sustainability in Higher Education
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
A new model for sustainability in higher education has been created recently by the University of South Florida based on Integrated, Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Community Engagement (IIICE). The IIICE model ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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LEED Certification Assessment Project: Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions, University of South Florida
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
This project was conducted as part of the Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities class in the spring 2008. The objective of this class was to understand infrastructure management, green design ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Clean Energy Research Center
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
The Clean Energy research Center (CERC) at the University of South Florida pursues research and development of new/environmentally clean energy systems, such as photovoltaics (PV), concentrating solar power (CSP ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MA in Global Sustainability
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
The Master of Arts (MA) in Global Sustainability offers four concentrations: Climate Mitigation and Adaptation, Sustainable Tourism, Sustainability Policy and Sustainable Business. All concentrations are offered in online, on-campus format ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MBA in Building Sustainable Enterprise
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
The University of South Florida offers both a full time and part time option for students entering the Masters of Business Administration program, with at least nine credit hours per ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Towards regenerative development: A methodology for university campuses to become more sustainable, with a focus on the University of South Florida
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
The administrations of several universities have developed strategies to reduce the negative environmental effects created by their institutions. Because no single, comprehensive methodology to guide institutions to sustainability exists, these ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Designing a Preferential Carpool Parking Program to Effectively Reduce Parking Demand and Traffic Congestion on University Campuses
- University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)
This paper addresses the development of preferential carpool parking programs in a university setting, as a strategy to work toward pre-determined goals such as improving mobility, reducing parking demand, decreasing ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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