Environment and Sustainability

News about UB’s environmental programs and related sustainability initiatives. (see all topics)

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  • Native Students Use Wolf-Fire Scholarship to Improve Community
    3/26/12
    When he was eight years old, Beynan Ransom protested with his parents at a General Motors plant that discharged waste into the St. Lawrence River near the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Territory, three hours from Syracuse. More than 10 years later, Ransom is still working to improve the Native American community across New York by working with the Onondaga Nation, this time on the removal of the Onondaga Creek dam.
  • A Plan to Preserve and Strengthen Erie County Farmlands--Authored by UB Grad Students
    3/20/12
    Eight graduate students in the University at Buffalo Department of Urban and Regional Planning have spent months mining the complex network of activities, actors and resources that enable the production, processing, wholesaling, distribution, consumption and disposal of the food in Erie County.
  • Unexpected Crustacean Diversity Discovered in Northern Freshwater Ecosystems
    3/2/12
    Freshwater ecosystems in northern regions are home to significantly more species of water fleas than traditionally thought, adding to evidence that regions with vanishing waters contain unique animal life.
  • UB Police Department Installs the First Permanent Prescription Drug Drop Box in Western New York
    3/1/12
    The University at Buffalo Police Department is the first police agency in Western New York and the first university in New York State to place a permanent "drop box" in their police department headquarters for citizens to safely dispose of expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs.
  • UB's Steegmann to Receive 2012 Franz Boas Award from Human Biology Association
    2/29/12
    The Human Biology Association (HBA) has announced that A. Theodore Steegmann Jr., PhD, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University at Buffalo, is the recipient of its 2012 Franz Boas Distinguished Achievement Award.
  • UB MBAs to Take GM's Newest Cars for a Spin
    2/21/12
    Alternative fuels -- battery, diesel, electric and fuel cell -- will be in the spotlight when University at Buffalo MBAs test-drive GM's newest cars from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, Feb. 24, at thUB's Center for Tomorrow.
  • To Train a Smart Grid Workforce, UB and Buffalo State Pool Resources
    2/14/12
    A new joint effort by the University at Buffalo and Buffalo State College will improve green jobs training for undergraduate and graduate students at both institutions as part of a federally funded program to transform the electrical grid into a "smart grid."
  • Back from the Gulf Coast, Students Reflect on Experience Volunteering to Help Restore Wetlands
    2/3/12
    Back from a weeklong service learning trip to Louisiana, three University at Buffalo undergraduates took time to reflect on their experiences on the Gulf Coast.
  • Waste Infrastructure and the Architecture of Public Life
    2/3/12
    Garbage is not a typical topic of discussion for an architecture lecture, but in Erie and Niagara Counties alone we produce about 17.5 million pounds of waste a year. We're not staring it in the face every day, so where does it go?
  • In Solar Cells, Tweaking the Tiniest of Parts Yields Big Jump in Efficiency
    1/20/12
    By tweaking the smallest of parts, a trio of University at Buffalo engineers is hoping to dramatically increase the amount of sunlight that solar cells convert into electricity.