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Want to create lasting change on campus? Join the Office of Sustainability and representatives from the Student Government Association during the Student Sustainability Summit, scheduled for 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 3, in Cone University Center, Lucas Room.

Felix Fiifi Ekuful, a master’s student in construction and facilities engineering, embodies the spirit of innovation and collaboration that resonates with the University. For Ekuful, his summer internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory was a transformative chapter. “The experience solidified my passion for driving meaningful change in energy efficiency and confirmed my commitment to leading […]

UNC Charlotte was honored as a top performer for data accuracy in the 2024 Sustainable Campus Index published by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

The UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens will hold its annual Fall Plant Sale Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4-5, in Parking Lot 5. An early access sale for garden members, faculty, staff and students will be Thursday, Oct. 3.

The National Association of Fleet Administrators has recognized UNC Charlotte with a 2024 Green Fleet Award. The honor was announced during the Sustainable Fleet Technology Conference and Expo recently held in Durham, North Carolina.

urbanCORE, UNC Charlotte’s hub for urban research and community engagement, led a 10-month participatory action research effort that catapulted public-private support to build The Three Sisters Market, a community-owned food cooperative in one of Charlotte’s most notable food deserts.

On July 18, the Charlotte Youth Climate Summit hosted an art exhibit in the Popp Martin Student Union. The exhibition showcased the talents of two Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) artists, who, through different mediums, told the story of a more sustainable environmental future.

Jun Wang and Xiuxia Du, faculty members in the College of Computing and Informatics Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, are principal investigators for an R01 grant to develop point-of-care mobile health technology to reduce heat and pesticide-induced farmworker health disparities.

The College of Science hosted the Carolina Raptor Center as they released their 10,000th rehabilitated raptor on Saturday, Aug. 10. The red-tailed hawk spent 58 days in CRC’s hospital facility and was released into the trees at the Hauser Alumni Pavilion in front of a crowd of guests, including families and CRC volunteers. The event was held […]

Jessica Barthel is the passionate education coordinator for the Office of Sustainability. With a background in environmental science and experience in stormwater infrastructure, she is focused on engaging faculty and staff in sustainability efforts across campus, including the Sustainability Ambassador program.