The Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory (a GES initiative) has taken a leadership role in launching the Ohio River Restoration Plan.
JUN 2025 - Water Collaboratory Takes Leadership Role with Ohio River Restoration
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JUN 2025 - Riversense Video Wins a Telly Award
Taking Home the Bronze!
A video on Riversense, a Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory tool working on improving local access to clean rivers, received a bronze Telly Award in the non-broadcast/general sustainability category. The video was produced by Speed, Zetter and media producer Patrick Walsh.
MAY 2025 - GES Students are Student Sustainability Champions!
Multiple GES students were recognized at the annual PittSustainability Awards as Student Sustainability Champions!
These graduating students made significant contributions to sustainability both on- and off-campus during their time at Pitt. We look forward to seeing what they accomplish as alumni!
Congratulations to:
MAY 2025 - GES Student Receives the PittSustainability Student Leadership Award Recipient
Congratulations to Neeha Kolli (AS '25 - Environmental Science), the 2025 recipient of the Erika Ninos Student Leadership Award!
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APR 2025 - PittWire: Sustainable Engineering in Iceland
Sustainable Engineering in Iceland - Spring Break 2025
GES Environmental Studies student, Megan Duda, shares how her experience with the Sustainable Engineering in Iceland course deepened her knowledge of thermodynamics.
FEB 2025 - GES Instructor Corey Flynn Recognized by Student-Athletes
Congratulations to our very own Corey Flynn (Sustainable Food Systems) on her recent recognition from a member of the Pitt Gymnastics Team, Jaime Pratt, who identified Flynn as a professor, advisor, or administrator who has had a positive impact on her during her tenure at Pitt.
It would not be possible for our student-athletes to succeed in their sport without support, and they showed their appreciation by inviting Flynn to attend the eighth annual Most Valuable Professor gymnastics meet against the University of North Carolina in February.
DEC 2024 - GES Student Awardee for Sustainability in Healthcare
Congratulations to William Schuck (Environmental Science student) and his team (PI: Goeran Fiedler) for being awarded the 2024 Student Award for Sustainability in Healthcare Challenge for their project Eco-Engineering the Future: Sustainable Prosthetics for Sustainable Healthcar
NOV 2024 - GES Sustainable Food Systems Class Donate 57lbs. of Produce!
The Sustainable Food Systems class, taught by Corey Flyyn, spends most weeks at an urban farm learning and working with community leaders. This week we had the privilege of helping Ebony Lunsford-Evans, better known as Farm Girl Eb, get her urban farm in the West End, 1 Sound Farm, ready for the winter.
AUG 2024 - MCSI Special Awards
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