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![Israel Del Toro, wearing a blue shirt, stands in front of a bee-friendly structure.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-12/IsrealDelToro_202109.jpg?h=e1d0788b&itok=0UEFB2yL)
Assistant Professor of Biology Israel Del Toro studies bees, researches bee habitats, teaches about bees, caters to bees on the Lawrence University campus, and advocates for bees across the Fox Valley.
![Steitz and Main Hall from campus walkway](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-12/SpringOutdoor%20%281%29.jpg?h=2f264f14&itok=ny70bkF9)
Lawrence University is again listed as one of the best colleges in the nation by The Princeton Review. It’s also included in several separate lists within the ranking—Best Value Colleges, Best Green Colleges, and Best Midwestern Colleges.
![Georgia Greenberg holds up two pink masks featuring symbols from LUaroo.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/Greenberg-new-768x531.jpg?h=5457ca10&itok=qRNZ0Oxe)
Georgia Greenberg has been busy the past year pursuing a passion—serving as the communications lead for Sunrise Appleton, an organization that works to combat the climate crisis.
![Adya Kadambari, wearing a white and grey striped shirt, smiles at the camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/Adya-2Min-new-768x518.jpg?h=5fe41a4d&itok=73rneTv9)
Adya Kadambari ‘23, chair of the LUCC Ad Hoc Sustainability Committee, played a lead role in organizing the events for Earth Day and Earth Week 2021.
![Campus in the Fall](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-04/Green-campus-fall-new-1536x1024.jpg?h=197483aa&itok=HSav_xz1)
Ongoing sustainability efforts on campus have landed Lawrence University on a listing of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges.
![Infrastructure upgrades, including in the Music-Drama Center, Shattuck Hall, and Memorial Chapel](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-03/Shattuck-Hall-new.jpg?h=60c06833&itok=yy6-WHG9)
Lawrence University has signed a $5.5 million agreement with Johnson Controls Inc. to upgrade lighting, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment on its campus, in the process lowering the school’s utility consumption and reducing its carbon footprint.
![Kelsey McCormick poses for a photo overlooking the SLUG garden.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-03/EarthDay-Kelsey-768x510.jpg?h=969bcd57&itok=-VjWCXau)
Kelsey McCormick, LU's sustainability coordinator, suggests seven ways to give back on Earth Day.
![Campus aerial during fall](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-11/aerial.jpg?h=8abcec71&itok=YM-2Oz_e)
AASHE awards Lawrence a silver rating as students take initiative to raise campus sustainability. Campus is aiming for gold status.
![Valeria Nunez ’22 helped bring the Flex Farm hydroponic growing system to Lawrence’s Andrew Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-07/ValeriaNunez_0.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=zzwBjXlk)
Lawrence raises sustainability awareness on campus with different environmentally conscious initiatives and programs.
![Goats called in for weed control on LU campus](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-07/Goat-crop2-825x510.jpg?h=5c9e63ba&itok=1rpFQQPQ)
Floreal Crubaugh '20 hires 'Goat Busters' goats to raise sustainability and efficiency efforts in the SLUG.
![Phoebe Eisenbeis stands amid greenery with a small "SLUG Garden" sign on the ground.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/PhoebeCrop-1-768x512.jpg?h=bb8c7019&itok=rLFvEPUj)
As an environmental science major and a gardener in SLUG, Phoebe Eisenbeis '21 feels a deep connection to the earth.
![Israel Del Toro prepares to release honeybees to an observational hive of Lawrence University’s Warch Campus Center](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/bee_study_7Z3A0804-824x1024.jpg?h=0aaa6352&itok=bQ9o_vMJ)
Biology professor Israel Del Toro aims to make Lawrence a designated bee-friendly campus, and the No. 2 bee-friendly habitat in Wisconsin.