Sustainability Strategic Thinking / Progress

Universities are incubators for the great ideas that propel the future.

Whether it's the heritage garden in collaboration with our student cultural centers, the multi-building geothermal system and LEED Certified smart design of Lincoln & Douglas Halls, the campus-wide recycling program and the thoughtful biowaste management at the UIC Hospital and College of Medicine, the organic soup kitchen at the Jane Addams Hull House, or the College of Education professors who are teaching the next generation of educators, UIC is an institution where ideas about sustainability are taking shape.  

On this page you will find stories that highlight UIC's progress toward becoming a sustainable community. 

Sustainable Innovations in the Dental Practice

Sustainability in Research & Teaching

Efficient & Responsible Resource Consumption in Labs

Organic Heirloom Farming on Campus

Douglass Hall: A LEED-Certified Building