Perhaps more than any other, the noise of loose salt underfoot defines the soundscape of the winter season at Calvin. The campus’ many paths are, by their very nature, a sort of in-between place. While...

Earthkeepers, a new student club aiming to unite sustainability efforts on campus, hosted their kickoff meeting last Thursday, Feb. 7, filling the Hekman Collab Space with students passionate about sustainability. Earthkeepers...

The burst of executive orders at the outset of the Trump presidency included multiple measures pausing various kinds of federal financial assistance. The changes have left researchers and administrators...

Recycling on Calvin University's campus has been a challenge for years, and students are speaking up about the lack of accessible bins. Maia Peterson, a freshman environmental science major, expressed...

This past summer, a team from Calvin partnered with Friends of Grand Rapids Parks to continue the legacy of a local botanist, Emma Jane Cole. Students Erin Taylor, Charlie Baumeister, and Grace Langeland...

Last weekend, Calvin hosted the second annual Faithfully Advancing Sustainability Together (FAST) Conference. Now in its second year, the two-day FAST conference brings together members of the wider community...

In October 2024, Calvin received a federal grant to replace the “blue pole” emergency phones intended to offer students a way to contact emergency services.  Much of Calvin’s network of blue...

For the first time this year, Calvin has started its very own cadaver lab to give a better education to anatomy students.  The lab space itself resides on the basement level of Devries Hall, which...

In a world increasingly concerned about sustainability, supposedly “green” projects can seem to be more about virtue signaling than actual positive change. At the Calvin Energy Recovery Fund (CERF),...

Only one year after introducing four new interest-based cohorts, Calvin has announced that the Sustainability Fellows cohort – along with the Health Ambassadors and Digital Life cohorts – has been...

As generative AI becomes more advanced, Calvin professors – like their colleagues across the country – have had to figure out how the emerging technology fits into their classroom and teaching.  The...