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University of Rochester’s Analysis of WexWindows
- University of Rochester (NY)
A pilot study was conducted at the Medical Center G7011 area to evaluate the effectiveness of WexWindows as a potential retrofit solution for University of Rochester’s aging and underperforming windows. …
- Posted Jan. 10, 2024
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Earth and Environmental Science PhD
- University of Rochester (NY)
Research in the department is a healthy blend of field-oriented studies, laboratory research and theoretical approaches. Field research projects range from local problems in Appalachian geology, to problems in the …
- Posted May 23, 2022
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Environmental Health (BS)
- University of Rochester (NY)
The BS in Environmental Health is designed for students with an interest in the environment as well as public health. Students who complete this program will understand how anthropogenic and …
- Posted April 29, 2022
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Environmental Studies (BA)
- University of Rochester (NY)
The BA in environmental studies is designed to guide students who have interests in environmental management through a program that links courses in the natural and social sciences. Students successfully …
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Sustainability Minor
- University of Rochester (NY)
The Sustainability minor is intentionally interdisciplinary and includes core classes from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The minor allows for three additional electives chosen from the sciences or social …
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Environmental Engineering Minor
- University of Rochester (NY)
The objective of the minor program is to provide students with core technical proficiency in environmental engineering analysis.
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Environmental Humanities Minor
- University of Rochester (NY)
This minor provides a structure for students to master new methodologies and gain critical analysis skills. It encourages them to investigate how culture, history, and imagination shape our understandings of …
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Geosciences (PhD)
- University of Rochester (NY)
Students in the PhD in geosciences program at the University of Rochester are expected to spend three to five semesters in intensive coursework (both within the department and in other …
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Geosciences (MS)
- University of Rochester (NY)
The Geosciences department has an MS program, which emphasizes involvement in research projects. Typically, students joining the MS program do course work during the first year and complete MS research …
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Mail and Courier Sustainability Project
- University of Rochester (NY)
Patricia Van Valkenburgh, University of Rochester Class of 2019, developed, implemented, and completed an initiative to reduce gas emissions from the University Mail Services (UMS) mail fleet, which had recently …
- Posted May 13, 2019
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Gameday Waste Minimization
- University of Arizona (AZ)
- University of Rochester (NY)
The University of Arizona will share the success story of their student-run program working to ingrain zero waste practices within athletic events. This workshop will describe the trials and tribulations …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Why Calculate When I Can Google? Quantitative Tools for Assessing the SDGs
- Randolph College (VA)
- University of Rochester (NY)
AASHE 2018 poses the question: How can higher education institutions align their teaching and research activities around the SDGs? Assessment of countries' progress toward the SDGs requires data analysis and, …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Sustainability: Why the Language and Ethics of Sustainability Matter in the Geoscience Classroom
- San Jose State University (CA)
- University of Rochester (NY)
Because challenges to sustainability arise at the intersection of human and biophysical systems they are inescapably embedded in social contexts and involve multiple stakeholders with diverse and often conflicting needs …
- Posted May 21, 2018
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Climate Change and the Canadian Higher Education System: An Institutional Policy Analysis
- University of Rochester (NY)
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
Climate change is a pressing concern. Higher education can address the challenge, but systematic analyses of climate change in education policy are sparse. This paper addresses this gap in the …
- Posted May 8, 2018
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Climate Change and the Canadian Higher Education System: An Institutional Policy Analysis
- University of Rochester (NY)
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
Climate change is a pressing concern. Higher education can address the challenge, but systematic analyses of climate change in education policy are sparse. This paper addresses this gap in the …
- Posted May 19, 2017
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KMRB Energy Reduction Project
- University of Rochester (NY)
The University of Rochester’s Medical Center operates 24-hours a day, seven days a week in a 5.4 million square foot complex. Facilities Operations is responsible for providing conditioned air for …
- Posted May 18, 2017
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Exploring the Confluence of Race, Class and Gender Issues and our Campus Sustainability Work
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- University of Rochester (NY)
- University of Vermont (VT)
- Hackman Consulting Group
This panel session explores the powerfully important ways that dynamics of race, class and gender (RCG) impact the efficacy of our campus sustainability work, and then explains how a racial …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Branding a Sustainability Program: The University of Rochester Go Green Initiative
- University of Rochester (NY)
Like many universities striving to make sustainability a priority without a central office for sustainability, the University of Rochester's efforts and achievements occur among multiple departments and programs. Communicating and …
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Starting with small energy conservation projects leads to huge energy conservation success
- University of Rochester (NY)
The University of Rochester has many competing demands for funding. In the early 2000’s energy projects were managed by individual facilities departments with typically less than $40,000 expended per year. …
- Posted June 2, 2016
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Prioritizing Energy Conservation and Efficiency with the Help of New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
- University of Rochester (NY)
The University of Rochester has many competing demands for funding. Unfortunately, energy conservation projects often fall to the bottom of the priority list. By designating a point-person within the University …
- Posted June 11, 2015
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Recycling, Reuse, and Composting Program: Phase 1
- University of Rochester (NY)
Until 2008, a formal recycling program did not exist at our University. In order to establish a sustainability program that would expand and thrive, Support Operations implemented Phase 1 of …
- Posted July 2, 2012
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