| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 66.45 |
| Liaison | Lisa Kilgore |
| Submission Date | Jan. 27, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Cornell University
Tier2-6: Sustainability Events
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 0.25 |
Dale
Williams Mgr, Finance Fraternity & Sorority Affairs |
Does the institution hold major events related to sustainability, such as conferences, speaker series, or symposia, that have students as the intended audience?:
A brief description of the event(s):
In 2010, the Atkinson Center cosponsored or promoted over 370 sustainability events on campus including lectures, seminars, conferences, and workshops on campus in 2010. Most of the lectures and seminars were intended for a student audience.
The annual Iscol Lecture, Cornell's premier environmental event, featured James E. Hansen (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York) in 2010 and Bill McKibben (noted journalist and environmentalist) in 2011.
Other high profile events for students included:
- "Energy Transitions and the New York Landscape" - a weekly seminar focusing on issues surrounding Marcellus Shale Gas
- "Sustainable Earth, Energy, and Environmental Systems Special Speaker Series" - a biweekly series of lectures, exploring energy, climate, and the environment in the human and natural worlds
- "Sustainable Energy Fellowship" - held its summer 2010 session at Cornell, 57 students (several from Cornell) from 17 different institutions explored energy use and supply
The website URL where information about the event(s) are available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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