Nice crowd to be part of

The University of Connecticut has made great strides in sustainability and environmental friendliness over the last decade. We're now in a pretty exclusive club. We're one of the Sierra Club's top 10 "cool schools" for 2012. We come in at #5.

The other schools in the top 10 are:

1. University of California, Davis
2. Georgia Institute of Technology
3. Stanford University
   
4. University of Washington
5. University of Connecticut
6. University of New Hampshire
7. Duke University
8. Yale University
9. University of California, Irvine
10. Appalachian State University

That's a good crowd to be part of, and I'm particularly pleased that we came out ahead of not only the University of New Hampshire, but also Yale.¹

From the UConn Today piece about the recognition:

“UConn's top five ranking underscores how sustainability has become part of the culture on our campus, and we're pleased to be recognized for our efforts,” says UConn President Susan Herbst. “As a land and sea grant university, excellent environmental stewardship is one of our fundamental values.”