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April 10, 2023
More than 1,500 students and employees took part in the biennial survey distributed by the Office of Sustainability.
A photograph of members of the winning team in the 2023 Global Health Case Competition
March 27, 2023
The winning plan would use the Drinkable Book to purify water and “WaSH Wagons” to deliver services and medical supplies.
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March 27, 2023
New research at Yale School of the Environment examines how bodies of water sequester and release greenhouse gas emissions.
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March 27, 2023
This year’s flim fest runs March 29 through April 1.
A photo of Yale professor Karen Seto, a world-renowned expert on urbanization
March 20, 2023
The Yale School of the Environment professor is one of the world’s leading experts on urbanization and its aggregate global impacts.
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March 15, 2023
A roundup—with trailers—of films screened at the recent Wild & Scenic Film Festival in California.
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March 15, 2023
Biomass is widely considered a renewable alternative to fossil fuels and a new Yale study looks at how to improve its production.