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    UMB Earns First STARS Silver Rating for Sustainability

    May 22, 2025

    The Benefits of Biochar at UMB

    May 21, 2025

    Recap: Thanks for Participating in Bike to Work Week

    May 20, 2025

    May 13-15: Bike to Work Week Tabling at SMC Campus Center

    April 30, 2025

    Celebrate Earth Day: Pioneering Net-Zero Emissions at the School of Social Work

    April 22, 2025

    Students Named UMB Provost’s Climate Health & Resilience Summer Interns

    April 15, 2025

    Sustainability Champion Series: Shiladitya DasSarma

    April 3, 2025

    The President’s Message: April

    April 3, 2025

    Sustaining Excellence: Elizabeth Main Named UMB Employee of the Year

    March 27, 2025

    Second Nature Story on UMB's Sustainability Commitment

    March 21, 2025

    Celebrate Earth Month This April

    March 19, 2025

    Whole U Well-Being Week: Better Together

    March 17, 2025

    Germinating Wellness Through Plants

    March 11, 2025

    The Big Chill: Finding Operational Efficiencies

    February 26, 2025

    Register Now for 2025 Climate Health Symposium on April 24

    February 10, 2025

    Call for Artists: ‘Earth’s Echo: Voices of Environmental Justice’ Exhibition

    January 31, 2025

    Join the Core Values Conversation: Well-Being and Sustainability Question 7

    January 8, 2025

    Office of Sustainability’s Main Honored as UMB’s December Employee of the Month

    January 7, 2025

    Sustainability Champion Series: Benjamin Eglash

    January 6, 2025

    Understanding and Updating the Friday HVAC Setback Program in the Saratoga Building

    January 6, 2025

    Office of Sustainability Releases Fiscal Year 2024 Sustainability Impact Report

    January 3, 2025

    Wildfire Smoke Linked to Heart and Lung Complaints

    December 18, 2024

    Trash Talk: How Centralizing Waste Will Transform Your Campus

    December 11, 2024

    Registration Open for Climate Change, Health, and Society Interprofessional Course for Spring

    December 4, 2024

    Join the Core Values Conversation: Well-Being and Sustainability Question 3

    December 2, 2024

    Sustainability Champion Series: Tara Gillis

    November 26, 2024

    Maryland Clean Indoor Air Act Prohibits Smoking and Vaping

    November 26, 2024

    Dec. 11: Climate Change, Health, and Society Speaker Series

    November 25, 2024

    Corn Mazes to Solar Panels: ALEI Examines Value-Added Agriculture

    November 19, 2024

    Sustainability Course Inventory Updated for Spring 2025

    November 13, 2024

    Nov. 13: Climate Change, Health, and Society Speaker Series

    November 1, 2024

    The University of Maryland School of Social Work broke ground Thursday, Oc. 17, on its new, $120 million building that will be the first net-zero energy building in downtown Baltimore. From left, Whiting-Turner President and CEO Tim Regan; Family Support Network Director Karen Brown; School of Social Work student School SGA President Courtney Fullwood; University of Maryland, Baltimore President B

    UMSSW’s New Building: Catalyst for Social Work, Campus

    October 18, 2024

    University of Maryland School of Social Work's new $120M building will transform social work and campus life, fostering community and innovation.
    The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) broke ground Oct. 17, on its new $120 million, six-story University of Maryland School of Social Work (UMSSW) building at 600 W. Lexington St. (Rendering courtesy of Ballinger)

    School of Social Work Breaks Ground on Net-Zero Building

    October 17, 2024

    New six-story facility to consolidate programs, enhance community engagement, and lead in sustainable design.
    A banner outside with the 8 core values of Respect and Integrity, Well-being and Sustainability, Equity and Justice, Innovation and Discovery

    Celebrating a Champion of UMB Sustainability

    October 15, 2024

    Anthony Consoli, AIA, LEED AP, who recently retired as University architect after over a decade of leadership, helped transform UMB into a model of sustainability.

    Celebrate Campus Sustainability Month with the Office of Sustainability

    September 23, 2024

    Oct. 9: Climate, Health, and Policy Symposium

    September 13, 2024

    UMB Working to Combat Climate Change’s Impact on Health

    September 13, 2024

    Sustainability Champions Series: Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS

    August 20, 2024

    Davidge Hall Becomes Fully Electric Building

    August 20, 2024

    Office of Sustainability Publishes Fiscal Year 2023 Greenhouse Gas Inventory

    July 16, 2024

    Navigating Summer Heat in Baltimore: Heat Check! Stay Cool in Hot, Humid Conditions

    July 16, 2024

    Getting Into the Weeds: Ecological Landscaping at UMB

    July 16, 2024

    Sustainability Champion Series: Ronald Cisneros

    June 26, 2024

    Plastic Free July

    June 26, 2024

    New BGE EV Charging Stations on Koester’s Lot

    June 17, 2024

    New Community Garden at MSTF

    June 4, 2024

    Sustainability Champion Series: Olivia Rosser, MSW

    May 23, 2024

    ‘Watt’ Is the Progress on Campus Lighting Conversions?

    May 13, 2024

    Rising Concerns: Students Tackle Climate Change and Its Effects on Health in New Elective at UMB

    May 6, 2024

    Read about the interprofessional elective, which focuses on climate change's implications for human health and societies, in the latest issue of “CATALYST” magazine.
    Cars parked under solar photovoltaic systems.

    UMB Announces Solar Power Project

    April 29, 2024

    The University of Maryland, Baltimore has signed a Power Purchase Agreement with CI Renewables for the creation of a solar power project on the Penn Street and Pearl Street garages.

    The Freezer Is Your Friend: Tips and Recipes to Save Money and Reduce Food Waste

    April 29, 2024

    Branching Out This Arbor Day? Check Out UMB’s Campus Tree Inventory

    April 26, 2024

    Environmental Law Students Visit Malawi After Devastating Cyclone

    April 4, 2024

    Read about the partnership, which addresses and examines the intersection of environmental justice, human rights, and public health, in the latest issue of “CATALYST” magazine.

    Wind of Change: UMB Installs Small Weather Station

    April 4, 2024

    Read about the station, which will take measurements including temperature, humidity, solar radiation, UV, wind direction, and wind speed, in the latest issue of “CATALYST” magazine.

    Sustainability Champion Series: Elise Petersen

    March 12, 2024

    The museum educator encapsulates sustainability education across her life within her teaching, volunteering, and own mindset.

    Environmental Law Program Exploring Climate Change, Health, and Society in New Interdisciplinary Seminar

    February 27, 2024

    Self-Service Waste Initiative Rollout Completed

    February 27, 2024

    School of Social Work Develops Plans for Sustainable New Building

    February 13, 2024

    Sustainability Champion Series: Kenneth Wong, PhD

    January 17, 2024

    Baltimore Grand Bike Room Starting Feb. 5

    January 5, 2024

    Facilities and Operations’ First-Ever Fellowship Focused on Sustainability

    December 12, 2023

    NexTrex Challenge Goal Met Early

    December 6, 2023

    Wind of Change: UMB Installs Small Weather Station

    December 3, 2023

    Making Maryland the Greenest State in the Country

    November 28, 2023

    Electric Vehicles on Patrol

    November 28, 2023

    Climate Change, Health, and Society: An Interprofessional Elective

    November 10, 2023

    UMB's Bees, Recycling Center Highlight Sustainability Month

    October 27, 2023

    Sustainability Champions Series: Jill Sullivan

    October 25, 2023

    CBS Baltimore: UMB's Rooftop Bees

    October 10, 2023

    Lights Out UMB: Fall Bird Migration Has Begun

    September 15, 2023

    October Is Campus Sustainability Month

    September 12, 2023

    Sustainability Champion Series: Rebecca Davis

    August 30, 2023

    ULT Freezer Rebate Program Launching for 2023-2024 Academic Year

    August 28, 2023

    UMB Community Composting Drop-Off Pilot Program Launching in September

    August 28, 2023

    New Policy: Fleet Vehicle Purchasing

    August 25, 2023

    Plastic Free July Recap

    July 26, 2023

    NexTrex Challenge: July Collection Numbers

    July 26, 2023

    Sustainability Specialist Ober Named UMB’s June Employee of the Month

    July 20, 2023

    Office of Sustainability Publishes FY22 Greenhouse Gas Inventory

    July 19, 2023

    Protecting Yourself from Unhealthy Outdoor Air

    July 17, 2023

    NexTrex Plastic Film Collection Challenge July 1 to Jan. 1

    June 29, 2023

    Responsibly Disposing of Sensitive Documents at UMB

    June 27, 2023

    UMB Wins Maryland Green Registry Sustainability Leadership Award

    June 23, 2023

    Specialty Recycling Collections at HSF I from July 1-31

    June 20, 2023

    Meya Ngundam won the competition among fellow PharmD students for the chance to turn their ideas into a business.

    Sustainability Pitch Wins Pharmapreneurship Competition

    June 15, 2023

    Fourth-year student pharmacist wins inaugural $100,000 prize to increase sustainability in research laboratories.

    UMB Installs New Pollinator-Friendly Meadow and Gardens

    June 6, 2023

    Reminder: Utilize Lab Share to Donate and Claim Lab Supplies and Equipment

    June 5, 2023

    UMB Celebrates Arbor Day with Tree Plantings

    May 17, 2023

    Sustainability Champions Series: Lauren Hynicka

    May 8, 2023

    Hive Mind: UMB Installing Honeybees on Green Roof of HSRFIII

    May 3, 2023

    Sustainability Champions Series: Lucy Zhao

    April 25, 2023

    Office of Sustainability Releases Tree Equity Story Map

    April 20, 2023

    UMB Exceeds Green Electricity Goals

    April 14, 2023

    The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is doing its part to promote renewable energy and reduce its carbon footprint as part of a commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2045.

    Four UMB Laboratories Take Part in Green Labs Pilot

    March 28, 2023

    April 28: Urban Garden Volunteering

    March 28, 2023

    Self-Service Waste Initiative Rollout — Spring 2023 Update

    March 27, 2023

    April 24: Panel on Food Justice and Urban Farming in Baltimore

    March 26, 2023

    Celebrate Earth Day All Month Long

    March 24, 2023

    Spring Cleaning Declutter Challenge

    March 23, 2023

    April 12: Campus Cleanup Event

    February 22, 2023


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