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Emory receives Department of Energy’s Accelerating Smart Labs Award for Program Development and Implementation

Posted on March 24, 2020March 24, 2020

By Jamie Lutz, OSI Intern According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), a typical laboratory is 3-to-4 times more energy intensive than an average commercial building and can account … Continue Reading →

Sustainability small grants help fund campus and health care initiatives

Posted on December 3, 2019December 8, 2019

By Rachel Musetti, Emory Report, 12/3/19 Every year, Emory’s campus is enlivened with new ideas proposed and executed by students, faculty and staff seeking creative ways to participate in sustainability … Continue Reading →

EcoChemory: a Sustainability Project in the Department of Chemistry

Posted on August 29, 2019August 29, 2019

EcoChemory: a Sustainability Project in the Department of Chemistry EcoChemory was created by Dr. Kevin Sullivan (Hill Lab, Dept. of Chemistry), Elena Jordanov (Saikawa Lab, Dept. of Environmental Health), and … Continue Reading →

Science at Emory: a Sustainability Project

Posted on June 24, 2019June 29, 2019

As a nationally recognized leader in scientific education and research, Emory University has hundreds of teaching and research labs throughout its campuses.  Beginning in the Summer of 2019, labs will … Continue Reading →

October is Energy Awareness Month!

Posted on October 2, 2018October 2, 2018

Presenting the Morran Lab – A Gold Certified Green Lab!

Posted on August 24, 2018August 24, 2018

By Ramsey Baden | August 19, 2018 The Morran Lab is an Emory Biology lab that studies coevolution (which accounts for much of the evolution that occurs in nature) and mating … Continue Reading →

Presenting the Steinhauer Lab – A Gold Certified Green Lab!

Posted on August 18, 2018August 18, 2018

By Ramsey Baden | August 12, 2018 The Steinhauer Lab is a microbiology and immunology lab at Emory, and it is on the front lines against influenza. Their study of the … Continue Reading →

Presenting the Hickman Lab – A Gold Certified Green Lab!

Posted on August 12, 2018August 24, 2018

By Ramsey Baden | August 26, 2018 Emory’s Department of Biology is one of the most active in the country for a reason – there will always be questions waiting … Continue Reading →

Presenting the Blakey Lab – A Gold Certified Green Lab!

Posted on August 3, 2018August 12, 2018

By Ramsey Baden | July 29, 2018 Discovery is part of the fabric of chemistry at Emory, and Dr. Simon Blakey’s lab pushes for discovery every day. Some of his team’s … Continue Reading →

Jui Research Group Uses Chiller to Reduce Carbon Footprint

Posted on July 24, 2018August 6, 2018

Office of Sustainability Initiatives | July 24, 2018 As synthetic chemists, much of the Jui Research Group’s time is spent gently removing solvent from samples by evaporation using a device … Continue Reading →

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