Due to social distancing requirements from the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Oregon was unable to host the annual Sustainability Awards event in 2020. The Office of Sustainability and our awards sponsors are pleased to offer these extended interviews with our award winners, discussing their work and how they make our campus and our world more sustainable.
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2020 Student Leadership
Brendan Adamczyk
Sponsored by the Student Sustainability Center
Recognizes students who have made significant impacts towards human equity, environmental vitality, and economic well-being at the UO.
2020 Town and Gown
Kirby Brown and Jennifer O'Neal
Sponsored by Government and Community Relations
Recognizes individuals or groups for projects that promote, educate or enhance a more sustainable community.
2020 Excellence in Teaching
Sarah Wald
Sponsored by Office of the Provost's Teaching Engagement Program
Recognizes faculty who have developed pedagogy and curriculum which reinforce and advance principles of sustainability through course design and instruction.
2020 Excellence in Teaching
Thomas Hahn
Sponsored by Office of the Provost's Teaching Engagement Program
Recognizes faculty who have developed pedagogy and curriculum which reinforce and advance principles of sustainability through course design and instruction.
2020 Research
Michael Russo
Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation
Recognizes a University of Oregon researcher whose research has made significant contributions to human knowledge related to sustainability.
2020 Innovation
Nico Larco and Rebecca Lewis
Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation
Recognizes a University of Oregon project whose innovations were developed in the course of UO research and are now offered as publicly available products or services that improve sustainability.
2020 Sustainable Student Programming and Support
Zaida Hatfield, Taylor McHolm, Zara Pastos, and Matt Wilson
Sponsored by the Division of Student Life
Recognizes an individual, team, or department unit for student-focused programs, projects, or initiatives related to sustainability.
2020 Sustainable Campus
Tom Driscoll, Grace Godfrey, and Lynn Alvarez
Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President of Finance and Administration
Recognizes an employee or team for the introduction of a sustainability best practice into their department or unit's day-to-day work or their service to campus.
2020 Campus Design
Justice Bean Hall Renovation - with Michael Griffel and George Bleekman
Sponsored by Campus Planning and Design and Construction
Recognizes units or individuals who have demonstrated leadership and creativity in support of the Oregon Model for Sustainable Development.