AASHE Campus Sustainability Hub

Charting students’ exposure to promising practices of teaching about sustainability across the higher education curriculum

• Columbia University (NY)
• Michigan State University (MI)

Although policymakers have advocated for infusing sustainability throughout the higher education curriculum, we know little about how to teach students this complex subject matter. Therefore, using data from a sustainability ...

• Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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How interdisciplinary is sustainability research? Analyzing the structure of an emerging scientific field

• Columbia University (NY)
• University of Michigan (MI)

Sustainability research is expected to incorporate concepts, methods, and data from a diverse array of academic disciplines. We investigate the extent to which sustainability research lives up to this ideal ...

• Posted Feb. 8, 2021
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Sustainability Education as a Pathway to Minority Participation in STEM

• Columbia University (NY)

Sustainability education offers higher education institutions opportunities to broaden the participation of groups traditionally underrepresented in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. This chapter focuses on an exploratory ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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A proven methodology for calculating air miles traveled and associated emissions

• Columbia University (NY)

Calculating Scope 3 emissions from university related travel can be difficult, especially if data is not being collected by a designated travel agent. Columbia University has implemented a methodology to ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Environmental Health Sciences (DrPH)

• Columbia University (NY)

The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in Environmental Health Sciences is a professional degree indicating qualification for leadership careers in advanced public health practice and administration related specifically to environmental ...

• Posted May 30, 2019
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Earth & Environmental Sciences (PhD)

• Columbia University (NY)

The Ph.D. program aims to train broadly educated Earth scientists for careers in academia, research, government, and industry; along the way, students move swiftly from receiving knowledge to creating ...

• Posted May 30, 2019
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Earth and Environmental Engineering (PhD)

• Columbia University (NY)

The EEE doctoral program encompasses projects that include Earth/environmental objectives and involve research in the following areas:

• Developing a better understanding of the impacts of industrial and other human ...

• Posted May 30, 2019
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Environmental Health Policy Graduate Certificate

• Columbia University (NY)

Public health professionals operate at the boundary between science and policy. This is particularly true in the domain of environmental health. The human health risks posed by environmental exposures are ...

• Posted May 30, 2019
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Climate and Health Graduate Certificate

• Columbia University (NY)

Climate variability and change pose complex risks to our health. Dramatic examples can be found in the headlines: a powerful tropical storm sweeps in with such force that hundreds of ...

• Posted May 30, 2019
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Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management Concentration in Public Administration (EMPA)

• Columbia University (NY)

The earth is witnessing human-induced environmental change on a scale and at a pace that is unique in history. Increased levels of greenhouse gases are warming the planet; the extinction ...

• Posted May 30, 2019
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Energy and Environment Concentration (MIA/MPA)

• Columbia University (NY)

SIPA’s Energy and Environment (EE) concentration provides students with advanced knowledge on global energy and environmental issues and how governments, businesses, and civil society can lead effective action. Students ...

• Posted May 30, 2019
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Sustainability Management (MS)

• Columbia University (NY)

This program is designed for those who wish to pursue a career in management that takes into account both the environment and the economy. Graduates transform how organizations do business ...

• Posted May 30, 2019
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Climate and Society (MA)

• Columbia University (NY)

The M.A. Program in Climate and Society is a twelve-month interdisciplinary Master of Arts program that trains professionals and academics to understand and cope with the impacts of climate ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Environmental Science Concentration

• Columbia University (NY)

The concentration in environmental science and the concentration in earth science are designed to give students an understanding of how the Earth works and an introduction to the methods used ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Sustainable Development Concentration

• Columbia University (NY)

The special concentration is intentionally more flexible than the major, given that students have their major classes as well. However, its structure allows students to benefit from the program’s ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Environmental Biology Concentration

• Columbia University (NY)

Columbia offers a concentration in Environmental Biology for students whose main academic focus is elsewhere (e.g. pre-law, economics, chemistry), but who wish to pursue some organized study in our ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Environmental Science (BS)

• Columbia University (NY)

Environmental Science provides a scientific basis for management of earth systems. It focuses on the interaction between human activities, resources, and the environment. As human population grows and technology advances ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Earth & Environmental Science (BS)

• Columbia University (NY)

The undergraduate major in earth and environmental sciences provides an understanding of the natural functioning of our planet and considers the consequences of human interactions with it. The program for ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Environmental Biology (BA)

• Columbia University (NY)

The Environmental Biology (EB) major provides students with a strong foundation in areas of organismal biology including evolution, systematics, ecology, population biology, behavior, and biodiversity conservation, as well as an ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Columbia University transitions to electric intercampus buses to reduce emissions by 70%

• Columbia University (NY)
• New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) (NY)
• New Flyer (MB)

In 2018, Columbia University introduced six new battery-electric transit-style buses to its intercampus shuttle network as a way to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from campus operations, improve local air ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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An Assessment of Teaching and Learning about Sustainability Across the Higher Education Curriculum

• Columbia University (NY)

Although the majority of scientists agree that we are facing unprecedented climate crises, higher education’s engagement with environmental and sustainability problems is lacking. While the role of human behavior ...

• Posted May 15, 2019
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Bridging barriers to advance global sustainability

• Columbia University (NY)
• The Ohio State University (OH)
• University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
• University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
• SEA Education Association (MA)

Academic enterprises seeking to support society’s efforts to achieve global sustainability need to change their legacy reward systems. We need new structures to foster knowledge that is deeply integrated ...

• Posted Nov. 15, 2018
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Sustainability, the Next Generation Science Standards, and the Education of Future Teachers

• Central Washington University (WA)
• Columbia University (NY)

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) emphasize how human activities affect the Earth and how Earth processes impact humans, placing the concept of sustainability within the Earth and Space Sciences ...

• Posted May 21, 2018
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Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability

• Columbia University (NY)

The Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability is dedicated to the development of a rich, robust and vibrant world within which we can secure a sustainable future. Through a diverse ...

• Posted May 8, 2018
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Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment (GRASFI)

• Yale University (CT)
• Maastricht University
• University of Toronto (ON)
• Stanford University (CA)
• University of California, Berkeley (CA)
• University of Hamburg
• Columbia University (NY)
• Tsinghua University
• University of Cambridge
• University College London (London)
• University of Zurich
• University of Oxford
• University of Otago (Otago)
• London School of Economics and Political Science
• Stockholm School of Economics
• Central University of Finance and Economics
• Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
• Imperial College London

The Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment was founded in 2017 by a network of global research universities in order to promote rigorous and highly impactful academic research ...

• Posted March 14, 2018
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Sustainability Science (MS)

• Columbia University (NY)

The program is designed for full-time and aspiring sustainability professionals, who wish to develop their skills in Earth systems observation, analysis, projection, and environmental remediation.

The program requires the completion ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2018
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Examining Interdisciplinary Sustainability Institutes at Major Research Universities: Innovations in Cross-Campus and Cross-Disciplinary Models

• Pennsylvania State University (PA)
• University of Arizona (AZ)
• Cornell University (NY)
• University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
• University of Michigan (MI)
• Duke University (NC)
• Columbia University (NY)
• Northwestern University (IL)
• Stanford University (CA)
• Princeton University (NJ)
• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
• University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
• Brown University (RI)
• Boston University (MA)
• Texas A&M University (TX)
• Vanderbilt University (TN)
• Johns Hopkins University (MD)
• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)

This is a study of the disctintive characteristics, activities, challenges and opportunities of a specific type of sustainability institute, one that spans the many disciplines of the university and, to ...

• Posted June 5, 2017
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Executive Education Program in Sustainable Food Systems

• Columbia University (NY)

The food system is complex and encompasses all aspects of sustainability: social, economic, and environmental. The Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability (EICES) Executive Education Program in Sustainable Food Systems ...

• Posted Jan. 5, 2017
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Executive Education Program in Conservation and Environmental Sustainability

• Columbia University (NY)

The Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability (EICES) Executive Education Program allows professionals from all sectors to gain knowledge and tools to make sound decisions about business activities and policy ...

• Posted Jan. 5, 2017
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Assessment matters: What are students learning about sustainability?

• Columbia University (NY)
• New York University (NY)

This article provides a model to integrate sustainability efforts, student learning, and assessment into one coherent process.

• Posted Nov. 4, 2016
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Can Urban University Expansion and Sustainable Development Co-Exist?: A Case Study in Progress on Columbia University

• Albany Law School of Union University (NY)
• Columbia University (NY)

This article uses the expansion of Columbia University as a case study to demonstrate the difficulty in labeling projects as "sustainable" or "unsustainable" when key stakeholders view the process and ...

• Posted Oct. 31, 2016
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Columbia Announces Deal on Its 17-Acre Expansion Plan

• Columbia University (NY)

This article describes an agreement relating to the Columbia University's plans to expand its campus in Harlem. Among other things, the university committed to contribute $20 million to start ...

• Posted Oct. 31, 2016
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Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Ocean Research

• Columbia University (NY)

The World Surf League is investing $1.5 million in first-year funding for ocean science at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory as part of an innovative new philanthropy called ...

• Posted Sept. 12, 2016
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Columbia University: Tree-Ring Extraction

• Columbia University (NY)

Williams and the others set to work extracting tree rings, by which they can gauge how various species have reacted to past swings in precipitation and temperature. The basic tool ...

• Posted Sept. 12, 2016
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Columbia University Bike-Share Program

• Columbia University (NY)
• Zagster (MA)

Columbia recognizes the many benefits of bicycle travel and is continuing its efforts towards growing bike culture as part of the University’s commitment to a healthy and sustainable Columbia ...

• Posted Sept. 12, 2016
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Health Educators Climate Commitment

• Columbia University (NY)

The Health Educators Climate Commitment is a pledge by 118 medical, public health, and nursing schools from 15 countries to train their students to address the health impacts of climate ...

• Posted Aug. 23, 2016
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Green Monday - A Growing Global Movement and an Effective Marketing Campaign to Reduce Your Institution's Foodprint

• Columbia University (NY)
• Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
• Green Monday

Green Monday is a growing global movement that promotes green lifestyle choices. Columbia alumnus David Yeung created Green Monday in his native Hong Kong, where it has seen incredible success ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Using Intelligent HVAC Controls to Reduce Energy Usage in Residence Halls

• Columbia University (NY)
• New York University (NY)

Technology can be used to reduce heating and cooling energy use by 25-32% in Residence Halls while keeping students climatically comfortable. The panelists will explain how they each captured these ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Tamer Center for Social Enterprise

• Columbia University (NY)

All Columbia University graduates will be called upon to contribute to society at some point in their lives. The Tamer Center for Social Enterprise trains the next generation of leaders ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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The Earth Institute

• Columbia University (NY)

The Earth Institute brings together the people and tools needed to address some of the world's most difficult problems, from climate change and environmental degradation, to poverty, disease and ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Sustainable Urban Development

• Columbia University (NY)

Founded in 2005, the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD) is one of eight global Centers of Excellence (CoE) in Future Urban Transport established by the Volvo Research and Educational ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BA in Sustainable Development

• Columbia University (NY)

Sustainable development is founded on the premise that human well-being should advance without irreparable harm to ecosystems and the vital services they provide, without depleting essential resources, and without posing ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS in Earth & Environmental Engineering

• Columbia University (NY)

All undergraduates are offered a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth and Environmental Engineering (B.S. EEE), which prepares students for a wide range of careers that value the Earth ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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PhD in Sustainable Development

• Columbia University (NY)

The purpose of the PhD in Sustainable Development is to create a generation of scholars and professionals equipped to deal with some of the most crucial problems in the world ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Global Master in Development Practice (MDP)

• Columbia University (NY)

The Global Master's in Development Practice (MDP), an interdisciplinary graduate degree program, prepares students to better identify and address the challenges of sustainable development. MDP programs generally consist of ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MPA in Development Practice

• Columbia University (NY)

The twenty-two month MPA in Development Practice (MPA-DP) trains practitioners to be specialists in the design and management of integrated, results-based approaches to sustainable development challenges. Students learn to address ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MPA in Environmental Science & Policy

• Columbia University (NY)

The Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy trains sophisticated public managers and policymakers, who apply innovative, systems-based thinking to environmental issues. The program challenges students to think ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MS in Earth Resources Engineering

• Columbia University (NY)

EEE offers a master of science in Earth resources engineering (MS-E.R.E.) degree, designed for engineers and scientists who plan to pursue, or are already engaged in, environmental management ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MS in Sustainability Management

• Columbia University (NY)

The MS in Sustainability Management is based upon years of experience in bridging research and practice, with a curriculum based on new and existing courses at the University, taught by ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Minor in Earth & Environmental Engineering

• Columbia University (NY)

EEE offers an undergraduate minor to students majoring in other SEAS departments, upon satisfactory completion of 6 courses selected from a specified list. A minor typically requires a heavier than ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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