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University News

BU Celebrates Earth Day 2016

April 21, 2016

Professor Anthony Janetos gives a presentation at the BU ACSRI Forum on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Sustainability

ACSRI Proposes Creation of Broad Climate Plan

April 20, 2016

White House Summit on Cybersecurity

Science & Technology

BU Researchers Welcome Obama’s Final Budget Proposals

February 25, 2016

Gas Leak California

Science & Technology

CAS Prof Investigates “the Mother of All Gas Leaks”

January 25, 2016

Nathan Phillips poses for a photo in front of the Earth House on Friday, January 15, 2016. It is a residential education program at 7 Buswell St., where accepted environmental studies students will live and study the house itself, among other things, as part of a two year program of seminars and "experiential projects." Photo By Jackie Ricciardi

Science & Technology

Earth House Doubles as Environmental Classroom

January 22, 2016

Boston University Sustainability Fest

Science & Technology

BU Talks Climate Action at the White House

November 20, 2015

Dining Services' 2015 Sustainability Report

Food & Dining

BU Dining Services Reaches a Big Goal, Ahead of Schedule

October 27, 2015

BU’s third dorm energy savings contest requires unneeded lights off and computers on for participating in the contest’s social media aspect. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky

Students

Dorms Compete in October Energy Challenge

October 8, 2015

farmer in malawi

Voices & Opinion

POV: Foreign Land Grabs Aren’t Reducing Poverty

April 23, 2015

cyclists waiting in line for a free bicycle tune-up at the Boston University Sustainability Festival

Science & Technology

Get Your Green On

April 22, 2015

Richard Murray, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, Ryuji Tada, University of Tokyo, JOIDES Resolution, sediment core drilling, sedimentology, climate science

Sustainability

The Future, Buried in the Deep

October 14, 2014

Susan Silverman, Yosef Abramowitz

Religion

Civil Disobedience, a Love Story

October 9, 2014

Boston University faculty fossil fuel divestment petition

University News

BU Faculty Petition Urges Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies

September 10, 2014

Joulia shower, energy efficiency, innovations, Watt d’Or—Swiss Energy Excellence, Northeastern University exhibition, things to do near Boston University BU

Boston

New Exhibit Showcases Energy Innovations

July 15, 2014

Dennis Carlberg, Boston University director of sustainability, Sustainability@BU, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Carbon Cup, Greenovate Boston, climate change, carbon dioxide emissions reduction target

Climate Change

Boston Awards BU a Carbon Cup

June 11, 2014

Boston University BU, sustainability @ BU, Local seafood supplier Red’s Best fish, Boston Fish Pier

Local

Got (Local) Fish?

April 24, 2014

self-cleaning solar panels, self cleaning solar panels

Engineering

Self-Cleaning System Boosts Efficiency of Solar Panels

March 24, 2014

Boston University BU, Alternative Spring Break ASB, community service, Flagstaff Arizona, Kane Ranch

Community Service

Alternative Spring Breaks: Flagstaff, Arizona

March 20, 2014

Nepal, Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness, ECCA, community suported agriculture, community supported farming, sustainability, natural resources, third-world countries, Helen Petty, opinion, op-ed

Community Service

POV: What We Can Learn from a Poor Nation

December 18, 2013

Boston University BU, Mass Audobon, Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Valerie Pasquarella, Sam Toabe,

Photography

GRS Students Create Exhibition at Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary

December 12, 2013

GRS Students Create Exhibition at Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary