Grounds technician Pedro Vasquez uses a machine that provides hot steam to safely kill weeds

CU Boulder employs steam to control weeds on campus

April 26, 2017

Both Housing & Dining Services and Facilities Management are incorporating into their weed-management practices machinery that uses saturated steam to control weeds in landscape beds and natural areas.

Heidi VanGenderen with cherry blossoms, Thomas Jefferson memorial

Heidi VanGenderen named CU Boulder's first chief sustainability officer

April 20, 2017

The new chief sustainability officer Heidi VanGenderen will be charged with driving a campus-wide vision for sustainability in support of the university’s aspiration of becoming a national model of excellence in the arena.

A bee interacts with a flower.

CU Boulder pollinator gardens prove to be pretty problem-solvers

Sept. 30, 2015

The recent addition of specialized landscaping on the University of Colorado Boulder campus has solved some logistical matters. And, from butterflies to bees, pollinator species seem to be buzzing their approval.

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