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New living green roof for the Administration Building
To: The UMBC Community From: President Freeman Hrabowski I am delighted to announce that the France-Merrick Foundation has made a $1 million gift to UMBC to fund the transformation of our...
October 3, 2014 · 9:12 AM
Eco-Ambassadors: supporting & strengthening sustainability
"Eco-Ambassadors" are a new team of 10 students who work with the UMBC Climate Action Steering Committee to offer the support, tools and resources to help connect and empower students to campus...
September 25, 2014 · 3:55 PM
GES Costa Rica field course featured in Baltimore Sun
GES Costa Rica course as example of experiential learning
Our first study abroad field course to Costa Rica was just featured in the Education special section of the Baltimore Sun.  The pieces focuses on how different Maryland schools are promoting...
September 8, 2014 · 5:44 PM
Maryland Green Prisons Initiative
It was two years ago when Chris Swan received a phone call from an old graduate-school friend on the west coast who heard Maryland prison officials were looking for scientists to collaborate on...
September 6, 2014 · 11:18 AM
GES grad student & Shriver Fellow in Peace Corps video
Check this out: A quick video clip that was put together by the Peace Corps, featuring two RPCVs who are now pursuing graduate degrees and continuing their service work.  One of them is our own...
September 4, 2014 · 1:30 PM
Welcome back to a GREENER UMBC! (photos: garden, buildings)
Exciting progress has been made on many fronts! Students have built raised beds for the new campus community Garden, after winning the SGA Prove-it competition in collaboration with...
August 28, 2014 · 1:55 PM
Eric Zeemering: Sustainability collaboration in Baltimore
Eric Zeemering, Public Policy, to Present Talk on Sustainability in Baltimore (7/15) Definitions of sustainability can vary, sometimes focusing on urban...
July 14, 2014 · 11:48 AM
Campus Community Garden Update- beds built & new video
Last spring the student body voted on SGA Prove-It grant funding for a campus improvement project. 70% voted for a community garden on campus. The garden is currently being built by student...
July 8, 2014 · 3:48 PM
Apply to be one of UMBC's first Eco-Ambassadors
New peer sustainability education group on campus.
Apply to join the UMBC Eco-Ambassador Team! Eco-Ambassadors… inform and inspire fellow students about how and why to live green on campus work with UMBC staff and faculty to devise and...
June 30, 2014 · 1:23 PM
Would restoring riparian forests reduce nitrogen in the Bay?
Scientisits quantify potential benefits for the first time
Check out new research from Dr. Don Weller from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and UMBC's Dr. Matthew Baker...
June 25, 2014 · 11:14 AM

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