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University of Oregon receives publication's highest honors for sustainability
UO makes The Princeton Review's "Green Rating Honor Roll."
EUGENE, Ore. -- (July 28, 2008) -- The University of Oregon's commitment to sustainability and environmental issues earned the state's flagship institution the highest possible honors from The Princeton Review, which today released its inaugural "Green Honor Roll."
The UO is among six public and five private schools on the honor roll, which salutes the colleges and universities for making campuses healthy and sustainable, for preparing students to tackle environmental challenges and for an overall commitment to environmental issues. (Story continues below video. Click HERE for two-minute audio clip from UO President Dave Frohnmayer.)
"The University of Oregon has long promoted sustainability, and our faculty is engaged in cutting-edge research to find solutions to environmental dilemmas," said UO President Dave Frohnmayer. "We are delighted that we received the highest score possible from The Princeton Review and intend to remain at the forefront of practices and research on sustainability."