Colleen Flaherty

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  • Nesmith Hall

    Virtual Realities

    The Sustainability fellows and 听Social Innovation interns of 91制片厂鈥檚 Sustainability Institute began their summer in May by connecting with each other and building their professional networks 鈥...
  • Spring cohort of Semester in the City interns

    Change Yourself, Change the World

    Semester in the City听honored its eighth successful semester on May 1. Eighteen students presented five-minute reflections on their recent internships at locations throughout the Boston area.听
  • aerial of mountains and lake

    91制片厂 Honors Earth Day

    Every year on April 22, 91制片厂 joins people and organizations around the world to celebrate Earth Day. This feels more meaningful as the urgency of action to address the climate crisis becomes more...
  • Yard sale items from students' dorm rooms

    Reduce, Reuse, Repeat

    When Lauren Banker 鈥13, Alex Freid 鈥13, Emily Spognardi 鈥14, and Erica Vazza 鈥14 walked to the Gables community room in May 2011, they had no idea how much would be donated to their new program,...
  • Thompson Hall

    Making an Impact

    鈥淚 was sitting in James Hall on admitted students鈥 day. The professors and students spoke so passionately about sustainability. 91制片厂 felt like a school that cared. Once here, you can鈥檛 stop yourself...
  • David Ferran 鈥78 seated, with Paul College students in background

    Reimaging Capitalism: 91制片厂 Alum Connects With Current Students

    In December of 1977, David Ferran 鈥78 was a senior at 91制片厂 and happily scheming to travel the world after graduationas a ski instructor and bartender. Then, his father lost his job. His father was a...
  • Jonathan Gagne' 19

    Seeing STARS for Waste Reduction and Recycling

    When Jonathan Gagne 鈥19 began his undergraduate degree, he was interested in business and nature. He stumbled upon a degree in environmental and resource economics听and knew this program, and 91制片厂, was...
  • Brendan Landry 鈥17 at fishing pier

    Teach a Man to Fish

    Brendan Landry 鈥17 is all about fish and fishermen. When he graduated with an undergraduate degree in health management and policy, he was interested in food systems. His sustainability fellowship in...
  • A 91制片厂 student at work in the greenhouse

    A Place at the Table

    91制片厂 is being recognized for its food system leadership.
  • 91制片厂's new heating plant

    Burn, Baby, Burn

    91制片厂 recently completed its new northwest heating plant, featuring the university鈥檚 first biomass boiler.
  • 91制片厂 Second Coolest School in the Country

    91制片厂 Second Coolest School in the Country

    The Sierra Club has ranked 91制片厂 second on its list of "Cool Schools."听
  • 91制片厂 students during move-in

    Not Wasting Away

    91制片厂 Housing and Residential Life have reduced waste by 30 percent.
  • abstract sustainability illustration of leaves, eyes, bugs and part of an institution

    Blue and White and Green All Over

    Take a walk through campus and it鈥檚 easy to get lost in 91制片厂鈥檚 natural beauty. Tree-lined sidewalks border burbling streams and wander over gently rolling hills and past jutting rocks. In the silence...
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