In Fall 2016, the Division of University Housing placed a Camelbak 750-ml refillable water bottle in the room of each incoming UW-Madison housing resident. Housing has nearly 7,500 student residents across 19 residence halls. Each …
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“Living laboratory” for sustainability comes to a national conference
In June, the 2017 Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) Conference was held in Tucson, AZ. The national conference brought together faculty, students and staff of interdisciplinary environmental programs to strengthen teaching, research and …
Office of Sustainability welcomes new summer interns
The Office of Sustainability hired nine undergraduate interns with diverse backgrounds to work toward improving campus sustainability. This summer, the interns will work on two different teams to integrate sustainable practices on campus. The Waste …
Office of Sustainability hired new Green Fund Program manager
On June 1, Ian Aley began work at the UW-Madison Office of Sustainability as the new Green Fund Program Manager. Aley brings a wealth of environmental experience to the position, which focuses on managing student-initiated …
Student volunteers help university residents move out sustainably
This spring, 160 volunteers provided over 750 hours of staffing at sites set up on the UW-Madison campus. They diverted 129,493 pounds of material from the landfill by helping residents donate and recycle items. The …
Refrigerator project will provide fresh produce access to campus
On June 16, UW-Madison senior Hannah DePorter will plug in the first refrigerator for her UW Campus Food Shed project on the third floor of the Student Activity Center (SAC). The project allows all students, …
Study measures air pollution increase attributable to air conditioning
When summer temperatures rise and people turn to their air conditioners to stay cool, something else also increases: air pollution. A new study shows that the electricity production associated with air conditioning increases emissions of …
Steven Olikara receives Forward Under 40 Award
Alum Steven Olikara ’12, who helped found the UW–Madison Office of Sustainability and served as its first student leader, is a recipient of a Forward Under 40 Award from the Wisconsin Alumni Association. Olikara is …
Terrace trees find new life inside renovated Memorial Union
The Memorial Union Renovation (MUR) team has minimized the project’s environmental footprint through each phase of the process by staying true to a promise of sustainability. The team had hoped to avoid removing any Terrace …
Student art exhibit explores Arboretum prairies through comics, stories
As part of her master of fine arts thesis, design studies student Liz Anna Kozik has installed an exhibit telling the story of the first restored prairie in the world, Curtis Prairie at the UW–Madison …