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The 26th annual Campus Sustainability awards program recognizes outstanding individuals and departments who demonstrate a sincere commitment to continuing the É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ tradition of leadership and student participation in campus sustainability. Awardees exhibit innovation that directly reduces the University's ecological footprint, enhances social cohesion and equity in the campus community, and/or integrates sustainability into the culture of É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ and our local communities.

This year, there are seven Campus Sustainability awardees:

• Karen Bailey, Green Faculty

• The Colorado Environmental Justice Digital Storytelling Project, Civic Achievement

• , Student Leadership

• Emily Yeh, Green Faculty

• , Outstanding Alumni

• Mountain Research Station, Departmental Achievement

• Mortenson Center in Global Engineering and Resilience, Civic Achievement

Three partnership initiatives deserve special recognition: 

• Climate Across the Curriculum Training, Special Recognition, Partnership for Sustainability

• , Special Recognition, Partnership for Sustainability

• Buffs One Read, Special Recognition, Partnership for Sustainability

The CU Green Labs Program recognizes three awardees:

• MIMIC Core Facility, Partnership for Sustainability

• Department of Biochemistry Shared Equipment, Departmental Achievement 

• CHEM 1021 Green Chemistry Integration, Partnership for Sustainability

Awards will be in the form of a 100% recycled-content plaque presented by campus leadership at the 30th annual Campus Sustainability Summit scheduled for April 19-20, 2023.  

Learn more about the Campus Sustainability Awards program and the 2023 awardees.