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Class of 1953 Gift Will Revitalize Dining and Social Space

Dartmouth has received a $12 million gift from the Class of 1953 to modernize Thayer Hall, the main student dining facility on campus.

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Dartmouth Competes in RecycleMania 2010

"Our goal is simple. We want to reduce waste on our campus by 40 percent. . ."

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Carbon Accounting

Reducing carbon emissions is at the heart of climate change mitigation.

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Dartmouth Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day

This year’s theme is “Building Bridges: Leadership and Activism during Times of Change.”

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TEDx Dartmouth: Lee Lynd on Cellulosic Biofuels

Lee Lynd, Dartmouth engineering professor, argues that we need a “sustainability revolution” and a shift to living off the income—not the capital—of our energy resources.

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Formula Hybrid Race Cars (NPR’s Only a Game)

Dartmouth College’s Thayer School of Engineering hosted the fourth annual Formula Hybrid International Competition May 3 though 6.

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Plug-In Formula Hybrid Racers Run the Gauntlet (Scientific American)

At Dartmouth College’s fourth annual Formula Hybrid International Competition last week, graduate and undergraduate electrical, mechanical and computer engineering students showed off high-performance...

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Dartmouth’s Big Green Bus Ready for Sixth-Annual Cross-Country Educational Tour

With the slogan "Vehicle for Change," the Big Green Bus crew is taking up the environmental mantle in a 1989 MCI coach with an engine modified to run on waste vegetable oil to promote alternative fuel...

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Class of 1953 Commons Dedicated

Members of the Class of 1953 gathered in Hanover on May 25 to mark the beginning of Thayer Hall's transformation into the Class of 1953 Commons.

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Dartmouth Moves to Improve Recycling Rate

Dartmouth is launching a new sustainability initiative to increase its recycling rate and divert even more trash from the landfill.

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Update on Campus Construction Projects

Spring term has seen tremendous progress on construction projects across campus.

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Campus Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Effort (Campus Technology)

As part of Dartmouth College's renewed commitment to sustainability and the environment, the institution is focusing on coordinating the efforts of its undergraduate community and its graduate schools.

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Vox Populi: Lessons from the Gulf

The solution to the BP oil spill goes beyond more stringent policies, says Professor David Peart. We all must participate by driving demand for cleaner energy.

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On the Road Again: Dartmouth’s Big Green Bus (Sierra Club)

Dartmouth students are on the road again with the Big Green Bus, and the Sierra Club took notice.

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Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center Aims to Set Sustainability Standard

Now halfway to completion, the teaching and research center is on track for platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.

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College Students Spread the Green Gospel on Cross-Country Bus Trip (The...

The Big Green Bus visits Microsoft.

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The Big Green (Living) Bus (The Nature Conservancy)

For 12 Dartmouth students, spending a summer on The Big Green Bus is a chance of a lifetime.

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Will FDA Approve Genetically Modified Salmon? (NPR)

The Food and Drug Administration could approve genetically modified salmon for human consumption. Anne Kapuscinski, professor of Sustainability Science at Dartmouth College, offers her insight.

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Report Advises Policymakers on Shipping in the Arctic

The Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment report focuses on protecting the Arctic people and environment in the event that climate change opens Arctic waters to shipping.

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Dartmouth Engineers Announce Biofuels Breakthrough

Engineers in the Lynd Research Lab, led by PhD candidate Dan Olson, have brought the world one step closer to affordable production of cellulosic ethanol.

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