Environment and Sustainability

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

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  • UB's 3,200-Panel 'Solar Strand' to be Dedicated at Opening Ceremony
    4/20/12
    In celebration of Earth Day and to promote clean, renewable energy development, the University at Buffalo and New York Power Authority (NYPA) will dedicate the UB Solar Strand, the 3,200-panel photovoltaic array, at an opening ceremony on Monday, April 23.
  • Beyond the Motorist: Summit to Explore How 'Complete Streets' Can Change the Way We Live
    4/16/12
    How can streets that accommodate pedestrians, cyclists and transit users influence a region's environment, prosperity, health and livability? That's the theme of the Buffalo Complete Streets Summit, a two-day symposium from April 19-20.
  • Media Advisory: Climate Change -- Its Impact on WNY Planning and Policy Making
    4/12/12
    The impact of climate change on local planning and policymaking in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area will be the subject of a free public talk April 13 by Himanshu Grover, PhD, assistant professor of urban and regional planning in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning and a specialist in the field.
  • Coveted Udall Scholarship Awarded to UB Junior Esther Buckwalter
    4/5/12
    University at Buffalo junior Esther Buckwalter has won the nationally coveted Morris K. Udall Scholarship, awarded to outstanding students who have demonstrated a commitment to careers in the environment, health care or tribal public policy.
  • UB Student Daniel Salem Receives Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
    4/5/12
    Every year a select few students are awarded the nationally renowned Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Daniel Salem, a junior chemical engineering major at the University at Buffalo, has now joined that prestigious group.
  • Media Advisory: "Room at the Table" Plan to Improve Erie County Farmlands, Food System to Be Presented March 28
    3/27/12
    "Room at the Table," a detailed plan to strengthen and enhance Erie County farmlands and the county's $9.9 billion food system, will be presented to members of the Erie County Industrial Development Agency March 28 at 8:30 a.m. in the IDA offices, 143 Genesee St., Buffalo.
  • 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.