UW receives International Green Award bronze
The 天美影视传媒’s sustainability efforts received a bronze in the 2012 International Green Awards in the category for most sustainable educational institutions.
Gold, silver and bronze awards in 20 categories 鈥� ranging from most sustainable corporation to most sustainable non-government organization 鈥� were announced Nov. 20 in London.
The International Green Awards, accredited by the United Kingdom’s Royal Society of Arts, recognize innovative approaches to sustainability, according to the . The awards program was started in 2006 by , who operated a communications consulting business and later the Green Consultancy.
Gold in the most sustainable educational institutions category went to Bentleigh Secondary College, a public high school in Melbourne, Australia, and the silver to York University in England.
聽UW launches website to help foster research collaboration
The , a doorway to interdisciplinary tools and resources, is now live.
On the website, researchers can access a , profiles of , , and such as the “Handbook for Leaders of Organized Research Units.” There’s also a link to the , which offers consultation on the development and submission of collaborative proposals.
The site is meant to support faculty in obtaining and managing large collaborative projects, help faculty respond to emerging issues and decrease administrative burden on faculty and staff.
鈥淎s part of the , one of our goals is it to continue to strengthen the university鈥檚 competitiveness in research, and provide solutions to society鈥檚 most pressing issues,鈥� said Mary Lidstrom, vice provost for research.
The work is part of the larger UW , also known as 2y2d.