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A stone pathway leading through a campus courtyard with flowers in foreground
February 15, 2024
To mark Earth Day, the Office of Sustainability will honor outstanding student, faculty, staff, and group contributions to sustainability at Yale and beyond.
Allyza Lustig presenting on the NASA stage
February 14, 2024
Yale alumna Allyza Lustig led the Art x Climate project, the first-ever gallery of visual art featured in the National Climate Assessment.
Aerial photograph of Hotel Marcel in New Haven CT
January 29, 2024
Real-estate developer Bruce Becker ’85 describes how he  converted New Haven’s historic Marcel Breuer-designed Pirelli Building into the sustainable Hotel Marcel.
A city skyline blanketed in smog
January 29, 2024
A new Yale-led study warns that ozone-related deaths could rise significantly in many parts of the world over the next two decades.
A colorful climate mural on a brick wall made using cooling paint, and sponsored by Yale Planetary Solutions
January 29, 2024
An interdisciplinary partnership supported by Yale Planetary Solutions is inspiring local awareness — and local solutions — in the face of the climate threat.
A Yale campus courtyard at dusk in early fall
January 23, 2024
Yale has achieved 23 of the 41 goals outlined in the Yale Sustainability Plan 2025 and is on track to meet 14 additional goals by 2025.
Four people planting a tree on Yale's campus
January 23, 2024
The university made notable progress on its long-term sustainability goals last year—earning “tree campus” status, launching a new research center, and more.