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Sarah Marberg

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Why are blue books blue?

An exhaustive investigation of the utterly mundane

I tried to write my first draft of this column in an actual blue book. I had hoped the nervous adrenaline that keeps my fingers moving during three-hour exams would inspire my thoughts to coalesce faster than they normally do in front of a computer...

Green job created at environment school

Even as this Indian summer comes to an end and the leaves fade to orange, red, yellow and brown, one person will be making sure Yale continues to get leaner and "greener." The University recently hired Julie Newman as a full-time sustainability...

Green Fund looks for projects to fund

University will fund awareness, construction

Members of the Yale community who were looking to the University to provide the green to make the campus a little "greener" and more environmentally sustainable are in luck. The provost's Advisory Committee on Environmental Management (ACEM) announced...

Group to work for more protective legislation

Two Connecticut environmental groups are going to be getting a little bit closer this fall, and as far as relationships between non-profit organizations go, this one is getting hot and steamy. Connecticut Fund for the Environment and Save the Sound...

Environment school receives more funds

Money doesn't grow on trees, even at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, but this fall a number of environment school students will be benefiting from some extra cash. The Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation awarded three fellowships...

Speth wants a more worldly Envt. School

Dean expands school's international connections

With the 1960's mantra of "Think globally, act locally" becoming ever more relevant in today's interconnected world, Dean Gustave Speth '64 LAW '69 has committed himself to drawing the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies into the global...

University adopts environment goals

As the school year comes to a close, Yale has adopted a few new objectives to make the University more environmentally responsible. Environment Professor Thomas Graedel, chair of the Advisory Committee for Environmental Management (ACEM) and Bruce...

Environment school seeks to up financial aid

With tuition costs rising at most American universities, recent surveys indicating that fewer low-income students receive the help they need to pay for college, and a recovering economy, 'financial aid' has become a buzzword not only among prospective...

Eco-friendly building adds touch of 'green' to campus

Environment School addition to be 'inspirational model'

The addition of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies' 'green' building to Science Hill may make the Yale campus a little bit greenerÊ-- or at least more naturally unobtrusive The new building is one of the four goals Gustave Speth '64 LAW...

Environmental Studies forges ties

Halfway up Science Hill lies the main building of an institution that Dean Gustave Speth '64 LAW '69 hopes is becoming a more familiar part of Yale undergraduate life. Sage Hall is the flagship building for the Yale School of Forestry and...

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