Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 36.28
Liaison Claire Rodgers
Submission Date June 28, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
EN-4: Outreach Materials and Publications

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 2.00
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Does the institution have a central sustainability website that consolidates information about the institution's sustainability efforts?:
Yes

A brief description of the central sustainability website (optional):

The website, an offshoot of Olin's main website, consolidates and summarizes Olin's recent sustainability efforts. It has data on Olin's energy consumption data, recycling efforts, and other links.


The website URL for the central sustainability website:
Does the institution have a sustainability newsletter?:
No

A brief description of the sustainability newsletter:
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The website URL for the sustainability newsletter:
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Does the institution have social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, interactive blogs) that focus specifically on campus sustainability?:
No

A brief description of the social media platforms that focus on sustainability:

GROW, a student organization, updates and organizes a website on which people can participate by volunteering to help with specific projects using the "help out" tab on each initiative.


The website URL of the primary social media platform focused on sustainability:
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Does the institution have regular coverage of sustainability in the main student newspaper, either through a regular column or a reporter assigned to the sustainability beat?:
No

A brief description of the regular coverage of sustainability in the main student newspaper:

Frankly Speaking is the student-run and founded monthly newspaper, where students, staff, faculty, and alumni can publish articles. While Frankly Speaking doesn't have regular columns or reporters, one of GROW's initiatives is to publish as many articles as possible in Frankly Speaking. Recent previous articles involving sustainability include "Composting is Not Enough" (by Anisha Nakagawa, '18), "Something needs to give" (by Meg Lidrbach, '17), and "An Island of Sustainability" (by Amos Meeks, alum).


The website URL for regular coverage of sustainability in the main student newspaper:
Does the institution produce a vehicle to publish and disseminate student research on sustainability?:
Yes

A brief description of the vehicle to publish and disseminate student research on sustainability:

While there is not a vehicle to disseminate student research on sustainability specifically, Olin's digital commons is a platform to publish students work and research including Arts, humanities, social science capstone projects, entrepreneurship capstone projects, SCOPE (engineering capstone) final projects, Grand Scholars Challenge Program projects, and Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Research Scholars works. There is a section for environmental engineering.


The website URL for the vehicle to publish and disseminate student research on sustainability:
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Does the institution have building signage that highlights green building features?:
No

A brief description of building signage that highlights green building features :
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The website URL for building signage that highlights green building features :
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Does the institution have signage and/or brochures that include information about sustainable food systems?:
No

A brief description of the signage and/or brochures that include information about sustainable food systems:
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The website URL for food service area signage and/or brochures that include information about sustainable food systems:
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Does the institution have signage on the grounds about sustainable groundskeeping and/or landscaping strategies employed?:
No

A brief description of the signage on the grounds about sustainable groundskeeping and/or landscaping strategies employed:
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The website URL for the signage on the grounds about sustainable groundskeeping and/or landscaping strategies employed:
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Does the institution produce a sustainability walking map or tour?:
No

A brief description of the sustainability walking map or tour:
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The website URL of the sustainability walking map or tour:
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Does the institution produce a guide for commuters about how to use more sustainable methods of transportation?:
No

A brief description of the guide for commuters about how to use more sustainable methods of transportation:
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The website URL for the guide for commuters about how to use more sustainable methods of transportation:
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Does the institution produce navigation and educational tools for bicyclists and pedestrians (e.g. covering routes, inter-modal connections, policies, services, and safety)? :
No

A brief description of the navigation and educational tools for bicyclists and pedestrians:
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The website URL for navigation and educational tools for bicyclists and pedestrians:
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Does the institution produce a guide for green living and/or incorporating sustainability into the residential experience?:
No

A brief description of the guide for green living and incorporating sustainability into the residential experience:
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The website URL for the guide for green living and incorporating sustainability into the residential experience:
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Does the institution produce other sustainability outreach materials or publications not covered above?:
No

A brief description of these materials or publications:
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The website URL for these materials or publications:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Data sources are students, student and institute-run websites, and faculty members responsible for signage.


Data sources are students, student and institute-run websites, and faculty members responsible for signage.

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