Energy Management Coordinator Brian Pine has announced the completion of a New York Power Authority (NYPA) grant-funded project to install hundreds of insulation jackets in mechanical rooms in 25 buildings […]
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SUNY New Paltz earns Tree Campus USA designation
New Paltz has joined a select group of U.S. colleges and universities that have met campus environment standards established by the Arbor Day Foundation, the nation’s largest nonprofit membership organization […]
Read moreNew business sustainability track launches with Arbor Day tree planting
SUNY New Paltz students Ryan O’Hara ’18 (Management: Sustainability) and Martin Dearaway ’18 (Management: Sustainability) originally just wanted to plant a tree on campus for Arbor Day. “Our fraternity first […]
Read more“Without Limits” Speaker Series presents keynote on food security
The 2016-17 edition of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences’ “Without Limits: Interdisciplinary Conversations in the Liberal Arts” speaker series concludes with a keynote address by food systems consultant […]
Read moreGraphic design students come through with poster concepts for Riverkeeper Sweep
SUNY New Paltz students donated their graphic design skills to helping promote an event at which thousands of New York residents from Brooklyn to Troy volunteer to clean up and […]
Read moreCollege composting effort, begun in 2009, hits two million pound milestone
On July 8, 2009, SUNY New Paltz and Campus Auxiliary Services/Sodexo began a partnership with two local organizations to design and implement a disposal and removal system for compostable food […]
Read moreDistinguished Speaker Series to welcome environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. back to campus
The SUNY New Paltz Distinguished Speaker for the spring 2017 semester is environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of the late U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy and nephew of […]
Read moreNew Sustainability Faculty Learning Community holds January Retreat
Members of the new Sustainability Faculty Learning Community (SFLC), a collective of SUNY New Paltz faculty interested in injecting sustainability-related learning experiences into their curricula, held a January Retreat with […]
Read moreState-of-the-art living & learning spaces opening across campus
Improvements to the SUNY New Paltz campus continue this year, with highlights including the opening of the new Science Hall, a groundbreaking at the future site of an Engineering Innovation Hub, […]
Read moreSUNY New Paltz awarded $1.4 million for sustainable energy projects in 2016
Energy Management Coordinator Brian Pine coordinated awards totaling more than $1.4 million for energy projects in 2016. Each awarded project supports long-term sustainable and responsible energy use on campus. 2016 […]
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