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By: Katie Koenig Finding Information Data dashboards are incredibly helpful to check out what institutions are doing when it comes to energy efficiency, renewable energy, and waste diversion. Still, not every institution offers these convenient web pages, like Emerson (yet). If the institution doesn’t publish that data, there’s very little you can do to find…

By: Katie Koenig Data Dashboards If you’ve scrolled through college websites, you’ve probably encountered a dashboard before. The most common is probably a breakdown of student demographics. Arizona State University, which I covered in my last post, created a Campus Metabolism dashboard to present live data on their buildings’ energy and pollution outputs. Although that…

By Katie Koenig While researching college sustainability efforts, I generally look for the most eye-catching, unique initiatives I can find. Something like a “big ticket item” to add to this series every once in a while. “Sustainability” is such a broad term that I want to find efforts that really push the limits of what…

By Katie Koenig History Emerson’s Engagement Lab was first created in 2010 and evolved to focus on storytelling across many different media promoting “peace, equity, and justice.” Although it was closed at the end of 2024, its students, faculty, staff, and partners spent almost a decade and a half providing educational spaces and resources to…