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Summer 2024
We will open our application for Summer 2024 sessions at Yale and Cornell on Friday Nov 17th at 5pm Eastern. Sc3 will begin accepting applications in early January. We will not be running a program at Dartmouth this summer due to extensive residence hall renovations that are impacting available summer housing. We expect to offer… Read More
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Program Guide to Dartmouth: A Student Perspective
Hi, I’m Watts! I participated in Sustainable Summer in 2019, at Dartmouth for the program Entrepreneurship and the Environment. I live in Colorado, but I’m graduating high school this spring, and then I’ll be heading to Connecticut for college. I’m going to Yale to study Environmental Engineering and Economics. My participation in Sustainable Summer helped… Read More
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Program Guide to Cornell: A Student Perspective
Hi, my name is Autumn, and I attended Sustainable Summer at Cornell in 2023. I currently live in Texas, but I’m graduating high school this spring, and then I’ll be heading to college. I’m planning on majoring in environmental science, and pursuing law school to become an environmental lawyer. Sustainable Summer gave me lasting… Read More
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Sustainable Summer at Dartmouth 2024 Update
We receive a lot of inquiries about our Dartmouth program and wanted to provide an explanation why we are not able to offer a session there for Summer 2024. Beginning in 2022 and expected to span 12 years, Dartmouth plans to renovate residence halls comprising roughly 60% of all student dorm beds. The current phase… Read More
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Final Pitches at Cornell
Yesterday’s final pitches showcased the hard work our student teams have put in over the last three days as they worked through the challenge of developing an original idea for a solution to an environmental problem into a minimum viable product or program. Our panelists for the event were Cornell’s Director of Campus Sustainability and… Read More
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A Lovely Week at Cornell
We’ve had a lovely week at Cornell to start of this Sustainable Summer program. In the classroom, we’ve been exploring energy while also learning a lot about innovative organizations working to address climate change. There has also been plenty of time for fun and some off-site excursions, including a trip to Treman State Park yesterday… Read More
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Final pitches and a recap of the weekend
Today’s final pitches showcased the hard work our student teams have put in over the last three days as they worked through the challenge of developing an original idea for a solution to an environmental problem into a minimum viable product or program. Our panelists for the event were Cornell’s Sustainability Manager and Cornell’s Executive… Read More
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Welcome to Cornell
Stormy weather, lost luggage, and epic flights delays can’t keep this group down. We are officially up and running at the 2023 Environmental Leadership Academy at Cornell. Kudos to everyone who powered through some tough times getting to campus and jumped right into the action. So far this week we’ve covered energy sources and uses;… Read More
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A Student’s Perspective on Applying to Sustainable Summer
Hi, I’m Watts! I participated in Sustainable Summer in 2019, at Dartmouth. I lived in Colorado and graduated high school in Spring 2020. I currently attend Yale where I study Mechanical Engineering. I am especially interested in architectural engineering, combustion analysis, and energy systems. My participation in Sustainable Summer helped encourage me in this direction,… Read More
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The Difference Between Cornell Precollege and Sustainable Summer at Cornell
Image Attribution: sach1tb, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Cornell University is a highly regarded Ivy League institution located in Ithaca, New York (with additional campuses in New York City). Cornell offers exceptional undergraduate and graduate programs in various fields of study, including engineering, arts, sciences, business, law, and more. For high school students, Cornell’s… Read More
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