Grounds technician Pedro Vasquez uses a machine that provides hot steam to safely kill weeds

¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ employs steam to control weeds on campus

April 26, 2017

Both Housing & Dining Services and Facilities Management are incorporating into their weed-management practices machinery that uses saturated steam to control weeds in landscape beds and natural areas.

Heidi VanGenderen with cherry blossoms, Thomas Jefferson memorial

Heidi VanGenderen named ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ's first chief sustainability officer

April 20, 2017

The new chief sustainability officer Heidi VanGenderen will be charged with driving a campus-wide vision for sustainability in support of the university’s aspiration of becoming a national model of excellence in the arena.

A bee interacts with a flower.

¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ pollinator gardens prove to be pretty problem-solvers

Sept. 30, 2015

The recent addition of specialized landscaping on the ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ campus has solved some logistical matters. And, from butterflies to bees, pollinator species seem to be buzzing their approval.

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