Last semester, assistant professor of chemistry Brooks Abel piloted a lab for Chemistry 12A, “Organic Chemistry,” to demonstrate recycling on a chemical level. Specifically, students decomposed ...

Green chemistry is of growing importance at CU Boulder. Numerous initiatives benefiting green chemistry are in place on campus including those at links above and listed below. The CU Boulder's EH&S ...

UAB’s Green Labs program, which launched with a dozen or so participants in 2016, now counts some 150 labs on its rolls, says Nick Ciancio, sustainability program coordinator for UAB Sustainability.

The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I) is seeking K-12 schools in New York State to participate in a pilot program focused on the safe removal of old, outdated, or unsafe chemicals ...

Scientists, students, and administrative staff are working to bring about a cultural shift to mitigate the impact of research on the environment. The huge environmental impact of laboratory research ...

The writer of a letter to the editor in the Nov. 6/13, 2023, edition, titled “Nuclear Waste,” has some serious misconceptions about disposal of such waste (page 3). If these were corrected, he would ...

In the Hunter Lab, we develop materials and molecules capable of sustainably transforming compounds that are abundant or harmful to the earth into valuable chemicals. For instance, we strive to ...

CENTREVILLE — Last February, Washington College senior Ellie Byers interned with Dr. Sarah Lipchock at The Gunston School in Centreville and worked with 10th grade students to test a lab she designed ...

Rachel Carson wrote the mainstream scientific book Silent Spring in 1962. It outlined the devastation that certain chemicals had on local ecosystems. The book served as a wake-up call for the public ...

The CU Green Labs Awards will be presented for the twelfth year at the 2026 Campus Sustainability Summit in April. CU Green Labs Award recipients' actions align with CU Boulder’s sustainability goals ...

As a premier research institution, Northwestern operates over 600 labs. These are some of the most resource-intensive facilities on the University campuses. In fact, the average lab uses 5 to 10 times ...