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2024

Princeton Review’s Green Colleges 2025 Edition Includes Â鶹´«Ã½
Published: October 26, 2024.
Â鶹´«Ã½ has been named one of the most environmentally responsible and sustainability - committed colleges in the nation by the Princeton Review. [MORE

Â鶹´«Ã½ Supplies Pembroke Heat their Homes
Published: April 15, 2024.
More than two tons of firewood was chopped and loaded onto a truck for delivery to Pembroke Township on April 5 at Â鶹´«Ã½ in Romeoville.  [MORE

2023

International Research Project Offers an Update in Symposium
Published: August 28, 2023.
Students from Â鶹´«Ã½ and the Universidad de La Salle in Colombia, facilitated a symposium August 18 at Â鶹´«Ã½ in Romeoville as an update [MORE

Â鶹´«Ã½ Earns Tree Campus Higher Education Recognition
Published: February 21, 2023.
The Arbor Day Foundation continues to recognize Â鶹´«Ã½’s Romeoville campus as a Tree Campus Higher Education honoree . For 13 years, the university [MORE

Â鶹´«Ã½ Earns Tree Campus Higher Education Recognition
Published: February 20, 2023.
The Arbor Day Foundation continues to recognize Â鶹´«Ã½’s Romeoville campus as a Tree Campus Higher Education honoree . For 13 years, the university [MORE

2022

Lasallian Speaker Urges Degree Recipients to Advocate for Social Justice
Published: December 18, 2022.
More than 430 undergraduate degree recipients gathered with loved ones on December 17 for the Â鶹´«Ã½ Undergraduate Commencement Ceremonies on [MORE

Kiwibot Provides Â鶹´«Ã½ Food Delivery Robots in Partnership with Sodexo
Published: November 4, 2022.
Kiwibot , a robotic sidewalk delivery startup, arrived this Fall at Â鶹´«Ã½ to ensure an affordable on-campus food delivery service for students. [MORE

Microbial Research Brings Colombian Students to Â鶹´«Ã½ Soil
Published: July 25, 2022.
Eight students from Â鶹´«Ã½ and Universidad De La Salle in Bogota, Colombia participated in a weeklong experience, Microbial Community Analysis [MORE

2021

Land Acknowledgement Ceremony Honors Indigenous History of Â鶹´«Ã½ Campus
Published: November 12, 2021.
Â鶹´«Ã½ students, faculty, and staff joined together with Midwest SOARRING Foundation and other community members on November 10 to officially [MORE

Summer STEM Learning Continues with Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
Published: August 23, 2021.
Seventeen Â鶹´«Ã½ students of biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, engineering, physics and others spent their summer conducting [MORE

Food for All for Healthier Communities Initiative Selects Â鶹´«Ã½ Student Project Idea
Published: May 11, 2021.
Â鶹´«Ã½ sophomore Katie Ewing's submission for the garden design and install project at the National Hook-Up For Black Women Joliet Chapter, located [MORE

New Solar Array Powers Â鶹´«Ã½
Published: April 27, 2021.
Â鶹´«Ã½ officially dedicated its new 1-Megawatt solar array on April 27 at its Romeoville Campus. The 2,612 panels across five acres of land [MORE

Biodiesel Processing Project Proposal Wins 2021 Come Clean Go Green Competition
Published: April 26, 2021.
“Food to Fuel: Biodiesel Processing for Campus and Community Use” project idea by students Kristen Knych ’21, Sol llanes ’23, Sebastian Mietus ’21, and [MORE

Solar Array Powers Romeoville Campus
Published: February 11, 2021.
Â鶹´«Ã½ started the month of February more efficiently as a solar array began operating on the Â鶹´«Ã½ Romeoville campus. The solar power [MORE

2020

Â鶹´«Ã½ Featured in The Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges 2021 Edition
Published: December 15, 2020.
Â鶹´«Ã½ is one of the nation's most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review®. Once again, the education services [MORE

Â鶹´«Ã½ Pitches Over 6,000 Pumpkins
Published: November 23, 2020.
The Seventh Annual Pumpkin Pitch hosted by the Â鶹´«Ã½ Society of Physics Students, Â鶹´«Ã½ Sustainability Club and Will County Green [MORE

Biology Transfer Students Present 'Bee-Aware Event: Spreading Awareness of Pollinators and DIY Insect Hotels'
Published: November 16, 2020.
Students from Â鶹´«Ã½’s Biology Transitions Program recently researched the role of pollinators in the environment and created an event to highlight [MORE

Work Begins on Â鶹´«Ã½ Solar Array Project
Published: February 10, 2020.
Bulldozers are moving dirt to prepare the ground for a solar array project to be installed on the Â鶹´«Ã½ Romeoville campus. The solar power system [MORE

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