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Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é students look over the treasures they picked up at Project Move In. Photo by Jeff Watts.

On Campus ·

One Student’s Discards are Another Eagle’s Dorm Décor

The Office of Sustainability and Facilities Management Zero Waste Office’s 2024 Project Move In distributed 17 tons of gently-used items to Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é students this fall.
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Caroline Boone. Graphic by Jaylene Arnold.

On Campus ·

Eagle Tales: Wasting No Time

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é boasts about 1,900 dedicated staff members. Meet one here: Caroline Boone, zero waste manager in Facilities Management.
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From left, WAMU colleagues Allison Kennedy and Dawnita Altieri show off their haul after sharing the weekly box of the Airlie Berkshire Farm community-supported agriculture program. Photo by Jeff Watts.

In the Community ·

Connecting Through Crops

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é subscribers are putting the community in the Airlie Berkshire Farm community-supported agriculture program, which brings people together through weekly deliveries of fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Linay Foreman. Graphic by Jaylene Arnold.

On Campus ·

Eagle Tales: Sweet Treats and Meet-and-Greets

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é boasts about 1,900 dedicated staff members. Meet one here: Linay Foreman, staff assistant in Facilities Management.
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Airlie Barn and Solar Panels

Achievements ·

At Airlie, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Grows a Sustainable Future

At Airlie farm and scenic retreat, the first carbon-neutral university in the US is feeding its community, developing the next generation of changemakers, and innovating for a sustainable future.
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New generation remote fire alarm panel.

Buildings ·

All buildings on campus now equipped with new state-of-the-art fire alarm systems

The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é community can take comfort in knowing that today all buildings on campus are equipped with new state-of-the-art fire alarm systems that ensure greater safety and quicker detection signals.
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From left, zero waste manager Caroline Boone and Luke Carignan, CAS/BS ’25, BA ’25, stand next to one of the Project Move Out pods. Photo by Jeff Watts.

Environment ·

From Trash to Treasure

This May, Project Move Out collected 500 pounds of food and about five tons of clothing from Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é students.
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Architectural rendering of Meltzer Center for Athletic Performance & the Sports Center Annex

Environment ·

Meltzer Center Poised to Be Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é’s First Net Zero Building, but What Is Net Zero?

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é achieved carbon neutrality in 2018 and is now moving to further advance our sustainability goals by adding what is expected to become its first Net Zero Energy building to the campus portfolio.
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Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é's first geothermal heat pump system under construction

Environment ·

Meltzer Center will feature Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é's first geothermal heat pump system

Construction begins for Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é's first geothermal heat pump system, as part of Meltzer Center for Athletic Performance
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A seismograph records an earthquake

Environment ·

Professor MacAvoy on the Science of Earthquakes

After earthquake rattles New Jersey, Professor of Environmental Science Stephen MacAvoy answers our questions about recent earthquakes across the globe
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