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AU's first geothermal heat pump system under construction

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Meltzer Center will feature AU's first geothermal heat pump system

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

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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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Protest sign reading "Change the Politics, Not the CLimate"

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Who Are Today's Climate Activists?

SIS professor Dana R. Fisher explores the truth about three of the big myths being told about climate activism and the climate movement today.
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Tim Doud with his Art at Amtrak mural 鈥淎 Great Public Work鈥

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College Faculty Receive 80 Awards Totaling Over $11 Million in 2023

Faculty awards making impacts on issues at local, national, and global levels
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Energy and water use on campus 69传媒 winter 2023-24 closure

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Winter Energy Curtailment Efforts Result in Significant Energy and Water Cost Savings

The measurements all have been collected and analyzed and the findings make apparent that 69传媒 University鈥檚 annual Winter Energy Curtailment efforts were again an overwhelming success.
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Seventy-five percent of campus waste filters into large containers near AU鈥檚 Sports Center Annex.

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Trace Your Waste

Leave fewer (environmental) footprints behind by following Facility Management鈥檚 trash-sorting guidelines.
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This year鈥檚 Campus Race to Zero Waste competition, running now through March 23, will tip off on February 7 at Bender Arena with the 10th Annual Sustainability-themed Men鈥檚 Basketball game.

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AU Men's Basketball 10th Annual Sustainability Awareness Game, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 7 p.m.

Tip-off to eight-week national competition to reduce waste produced on campus
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Food spills out of a trash can. Photo from Getty.

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Two Facts and a Fiction: Waste Not

CAS professorial lecturer and RECIPES fellow Kristine Beran on wasted food, which reaches a peak 69传媒 the holiday season.
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Teagan Odders in the Reeves Aquatic Center lifeguard stand. Photo by Jeff Watts.

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Is There a Lifeguard on Board?

AU lifeguard Teagan Odders, CAS/BS 鈥27, put her CPR training to work, helping a flight attendant having a seizure while traveling back to campus after Thanksgiving.
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Mark Freedman of Facilities Management explains how the heating plant operates.

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Facilities Management Marks ENERGY STAR Day with a Heating Plant Tour

Facilities Management partners with Office of Sustainability to show staff and faculty AU's energy-saving heating plant
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