
O’Brien Hall Honored for Sustainable Design
O’Brien Hall is the first LEED-recognized building on River Campus and joins the Medical Center’s Saunders Research Building—also LEED Gold—in the University’s official portfolio.
EVENT: Symposium to Address 21st Century Energy Issues
The symposium is sponsored by the Energy Research Initiative (ERI), founded in 2008 to coordinate energy-related research and educational activities at the University.

‘Holy Grail’ of Hydrogen Fuel
Work by a group of graduate students and chemistry professors is advancing what is sometimes considered the “holy grail” of energy science: lowering the cost while increasing the output of sunlight-powered hydrogen-production systems. The solution: nanocrystals and nickel catalysts.

Second Shred Fest Exceeds Last Year’s Results
The second annual Shred Fest, held July 20, filled 75 containers of paper from unwanted personal documents dropped off by University employees.