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  • Campus Dining and Shops earns national sustainability award
    5/30/25

    Campus Dining and Shops (CDS) has been awarded the 2025 NACUFS Silver Award for Waste Reduction, recognizing its innovative sustainability initiatives, including food recovery, composting, and student-led waste education that contribute to UB’s broader climate action and zero-waste goals.

  • Unearthing the intricate world of earthworms
    5/13/25

    Nick Henshue, associate teaching professor of ecology in the College of Arts and Sciences and co-director of the EarthEd Institute, has made it his life’s work to better understand the impact of earthworms on various ecosystems. Henshue considers his passion for teaching his superpower. 

  • Carbon Reduction Challenge shows why sustainability is good for business
    5/9/25

    Students from the Carbon Reduction Challenge course, instructed by Ryan McPhereson and Elizabeth Thomas, presented their climate action plan for local clients to provide strategies to decrease their overall carbon footprint. 

  • RENEW students explain the 鈥榳hy鈥� of their research at end-of-the-year poster session
    5/2/25

    At the UB RENEW Institute’s spring poster session, 34 students presented projects spanning PFAS degradation, electrochemical CO₂ capture, and greenhouse gas tracking.

     

  • UB celebrates Sustainability Month
    4/23/25

    Throughout April, UB celebrated Sustainability Month with over 30 events that engaged students, faculty, staff, and alumni across all disciplines, highlighting campus-wide commitment to climate action, innovation, and community impact. Key moments included Earth Day’s Climate Action Plan showcase, the announcement of major sustainability initiatives, and the recognition of changemakers through the 11th annual SLICE Awards.

  • Eco Insights: Student Voices in Action An update from our Climate Justice Student Assistant, Valerie
    3/17/25

    UB Sustainability’s Climate Justice Student Assistant attended Second Nature’s Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit, gaining insight into both the challenges and resilience of climate leaders facing deep cuts to environmental and equity programs.

  • Humble houseplant focus of UB Art Galleries exhibition
    3/12/25

    "Temple of Hortus," a multimedia exhibition by Amanda Besl at the UB Art Gallery, explores the complex, relationships between humans and houseplants through paintings, videos, and sculptures. The immersive installation examines themes of hybridization, ownership, and the blurred boundaries between nature and artificiality, inviting viewers to reconsider their connections to the botanical world.

  • Indigenous Studies launches new home/hub space
    3/7/25

    UB’s Indigenous Studies Home/Hub in Clemens Hall supports faculty and student success, community-building, and Indigenous research with features like a Food Sovereignty Kitchen and digital archive lab. The space strengthens ties with local Indigenous communities and promotes cultural inclusion.