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Energy-savings tank project to enter testing phase

July 24, 2017

The 13 floors of Cather Hall stretch upward along 17th Street at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Both Cather and Pound halls as well as the dining complex between the two towers are being demolished.

Demolition prep heats up at Cather, Pound halls

June 16, 2017

Kylie Tucker examines the plantings in the new green roof at the Rec and Wellness Center on East Campus. Tucker designed the space with assistance from ASUN's Green Fund.

Student-led effort funds, establishes green roof

June 13, 2017

Bud Dasenbrock shovels dirt around the roots of the newly planted Engelmann spruce tree as other Arbor Day celebration participants look on.

Arbor Day planting expands arboretum

April 28, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska finished No. 9 nationally in the 2016 GameDay Recycling Challenge.

Huskers' game-day recycling lands in Top 10 nationally

March 15, 2017

Innovation Commons on UNL's Nebraska Innovation Campus. (Craig Chandler | University Communications)

Impossible Foods CEO to deliver sustainability seminar

February 15, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students travel by boat to the Embera Drua indigenous community in Panama. Those pictured are (from left) Lucas Kahnk, Joseph Gomez, Debbie Seeley, trip sponsor J.K. Osiri, Corrin Bemis, Max Camey, Talia Halperin and Jacy Spencer.

Students visit Panama for sustainability project

January 27, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Society & Culture

Mark Poeschl

Poeschl urges all to take responsibility in feeding the world

January 12, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Architect rendering of the new $11.9 million thermal energy storage tank being built near landscape services buildings north of 17th and Y streets.

Tank projects help cut campus energy costs

December 6, 2016

A student writes about what sustainability means to her on a Nebraska-shaped chalkboard during the university's 2016 Earth Day celebration in April.

Student fund to expand campus sustainability projects

November 18, 2016

Tim Herron, a landscape assistant with landscape services, mulches leaves into the grass on the east side of Sheldon Museum of Art on Nov. 8. The university recently expanded it's sustainability practices by partnering with Big Red Worms on leaf recycling.

Repurposing campus leaves helps expand sustainability

November 9, 2016

A volunteer from the "Go Green for Big Red" hands out a recycling bag during a Husker home football game. Volunteers are being sought for the 2016 season.

'Go Green for Big Red' kicks off 8th season

August 25, 2016