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Dickinson College Part of Unprecedented Renewable Energy Purchase

Dickinson is partnering with three schools to purchase the largest amount of solar power by any higher education institutions nationally.

Cameron Kerr '09, a veteran and amputee, displays a Dickinson banner at the South Pole’s Amundsen-Scott Research Station.

Veteran and Dickinson College Alumnus Treks in Antarctica for the Common Good

Cameron Kerr '09 takes on an eight-day trek in Antarctica to raise awareness about conservation and wounded veterans.

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Dickinson College and Carlisle Team Up to Tackle Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Dickinson students help measure greenhouse gas emissions for a study that will form the basis of a local climate action plan.

Larissa Babicz '20

Student Snapshot: Larissa Babicz ’20

Meet Larissa Babicz ’20, a bio major, birder, dog trainer and wildlife artist who researches the effects of climate change on birds in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Julie Vastine stands in stream.

Dickinsonians Lead the (Water) Way

Dickinson's ALLARM and its students make a difference in Pennsylvania and across the country.

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NRDC's Joel Reynolds Visits Dickinson College Through Rose-Walters Prize Residency

Joel Reynolds, NRDC western director and senior attorney, meets with students, joins class discussions and delivers a lecture on climate change.

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Dickinson College Opposes Planned Withdrawal from Paris Agreement on Climate Change

President Margee M. Ensign, Rose-Walters Prize recipients weigh in on the country's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

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Dickinson College Installs EV Charging Stations

New EV charging stations add yet another facet to the college's sustainability picture.

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Dickinson College Ranked No. 3 on 2019 List of Top 50 Green Colleges

Dickinson is one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review.

Pierce Brosnan stands next to Joel Reynolds. Both men are holding a red folder between them that contains the Rose-Walters Prize for Environmental Activism Citation

Natural Resources Defense Council Attorney to Speak at Dickinson College

Dickinson to host lecture on climate change, biodiversity loss and the importance of advocacy and legal action by Natural Resources Defense Council Western Director & Senior Attorney Joel Reynolds

Dickinson students studying abroad in London volunteer at Refettorio Felix, the London branch of the global nonprofit Food for Soul.

Dickinson College Study-abroad Students Volunteer at Leading-Edge London Nonprofits

Students studying abroad through the Dickinson-in-England program saw innovative solutions to food insecurity in action when they volunteered for Refettorio Felix and City Harvest.

Photo of an auditorium filled with people listening to two people seated on a stage.

Podcast: How Students and Educators Can Lead the Fight Against Climate Change

In this podcast episode, we go inside the recent BE.Hive On Campus summit to learn how behavior change can fight climate change.

BE.Hive summit at Dickinson College, Oct. 5, 2019

BE.Hive: On Campus Highlights the Ways Students, Educators Can Lead the Fight Against Climate Change

More than 420 leaders, students and educators flock to Dickinson to attend BE.Hive, a summit on how colleges and students can lead us toward a sustainable future.

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Dickinson College Hosts Sustainability Behavior-Centered Design Challenge

As part of this weekend's BE.Hive summit, teams of students from a range of colleges worked together to explore solutions for more sustainable campus dining.

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2020 Vision: Dickinson College to Achieve Carbon Neutrality

The Dickinson community helps fight climate change with behavior change ... with big results.

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