SUNY New Paltz is reducing plastic consumption by switching to aluminum canned beverages wherever possible, in a move sustainability advocates expect to improve recycling rates and reduce the upstream and […]
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Category: Sustainability
Seventeen undergraduates awarded RSCA grants to support research this year
The Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities program is delighted to announce the winners of the spring 2021 Academic Year Undergraduate Research Experience awards. These awards are provided through generous support […]
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Sustainability suppresses community spread: Pandemic packaging a success
A reusable container program for grab-and-go solutions helped keep students safe this fall as SUNY New Paltz closed out the semester with low numbers of COVID-19 among on-campus community members. […]
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Two new peer-reviewed papers out from the Biology Department’s leading lake researcher
David Richardson, professor of biology, is co-author of two new peer-reviewed papers that both explore ways in which changing climate is affecting lake ecosystems. “Deeper waters are changing less consistently […]
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College announces extended utility reduction effort to save money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions during winter 2020-21
The following message was sent to students, faculty and staff via email on Nov. 23. Dear Campus Community, With the transition to remote instruction next week, we write to inform […]
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Introducing the inaugural class of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Faculty Fellows
SUNY New Paltz is pleased to announce the 2020-21 class of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Faculty Fellows, the result of a faculty-initiated program designed to support faculty developing learning opportunities […]
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Meet the 2020-21 cohort of Sustainability Faculty Fellows
The 2020-21 academic year marks the five-year anniversary of the Sustainability Faculty Learning Community, a fellowship program designed to support SUNY New Paltz faculty in integrating sustainability topics into their […]
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Two publications name SUNY New Paltz one of America’s most environmentally friendly colleges
SUNY New Paltz performed well on two major recent rankings of the most environmentally responsible colleges and universities, continuing a string of accolades recognizing sustainability efforts in and out of […]
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Amateur biologists, unite! iNaturalist makes citizen science as easy as sharing a photo
Have you ever been walking around New Paltz, spotted a unique plant or animal, and wondered what it was? If so, the SUNY New Paltz Biodiversity Initiative has the app […]
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Opening DisClosed: 2020 BFA graduates get a long-awaited senior exhibition at Woodstock museum
With their traditional thesis shows uprooted by the COVID-19 pandemic, spring 2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts graduates found a home to display their senior projects in the artist haven of […]
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