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  • In the News: Aparna Dial on Protecting People and the Environment

    April 20, 2021
    Aparna Dial approaches sustainability with a view through three lenses: She immigrated to the United States from India. She’s a woman in a male-dominated field. And she’s been an eyewitness to the ways environmental impacts do not affect everyone equally. That perspective leads her to propel discussion and action when it comes to issues such as the inequities of environmental impacts and the...
    Aparna Dial

  • New Sustainable Design and Construction Policy

    January 31, 2021
    The Ohio State University adopted a new Sustainable Design and Construction policy (formerly Green Build and Energy policy), effective February 1, 2021. “This is an exciting development for the future of our campus,” said Aparna Dial, Senior Director, Sustainability and Strategic Services, Facilities Operations and Development. “By establishing an Ohio State-centric set of sustainability standards...

  • Coffee Ground, Literally

    January 27, 2021
    It’s one of the most iconic and majestic places on Ohio State’s campus. Whether it’s studying, taking pictures or exercising, students, faculty, staff and visitors flock to Mirror Lake, but the lake is more than just a place for Buckeyes to gather. It’s playing a key role in advancing the university’s sustainability efforts. In addition to adding 250-300 new plants around Mirror Lake in autumn...
    Mirror Lake.

  • Coffee Ground, Literally

    January 27, 2021
    It’s one of the most iconic and majestic places on Ohio State’s campus. Whether it’s studying, taking pictures or exercising, students, faculty, staff and visitors flock to Mirror Lake, but the lake is more than just a place for Buckeyes to gather. It’s playing a key role in advancing the university’s sustainability efforts. In addition to adding 250-300 new plants around Mirror Lake in autumn...
    Mirror Lake.

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