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Students who plan to move out of their residence within the next few weeks are invited to bring all unwanted non-perishable, unopened, and unexpired food to the collection boxes in the lobbies of the Feil Family and Weill Family Residence Hall, Lasdon House, or Olin Hall by Sunday, May 17. These donations will go to local food banks through Move For Hunger, a national nonprofit organization that mobilizes transportation networks to deliver surplus food to local communities in need.

Join us in the Olin Hall gym on Wednesday, April 29 for our 4th Stop & Swap event. Donate and browse for free, gently used clothes, books, and other items donated by WCM students and staff. This freecycle event aims to reduce waste by providing personal belongings a second life. You are not required to contribute in order to participate. Interested in volunteering during this event? Reach out to WCM-Sustainability@med.cornell.edu.

 

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For the second year, we participated in the International Freezer Challenge as an institution. The Freezer Challenge is a free competition to promote cold storage best practices, improve lab energy efficiency, and increase equipment life. Of the 113 academic institutions that participated, we placed 20th overall, with a total of 289 points and 91 kWh/day saved, equivalent to 0.042 metric tons CO2 equivalent per day, or 108 miles driven daily by an average gasoline-powered passenger vehicle...

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