Editing Boston University (section)

==== Sustainability ====
The university has a sustainability initiative and a sustainability office.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Recognition – Sustainability |url=http://www.bu.edu/sustainability/what-were-doing/awards-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508135225/https://www.bu.edu/sustainability/what-were-doing/awards-2/ |archive-date=May 8, 2017 |access-date=May 15, 2017 |website=www.bu.edu |language=en-US}}</ref> Boston University's Strategic Plan for Campus Sustainability is also integrated into the university's overarching strategic plan in many areas including the Climate Action Plan Task Force, a faculty-led initiative developing the university's first Climate Action Plan. The Campus Climate Lab, led by the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability in partnership with Boston University Sustainability and the Office of Research, provides opportunities for student-led research projects that support sustainability on the campus.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 30, 2023 |title=Newly Funded BU Campus Climate Lab Projects Announced for Spring 2023 |url=https://www.bu.edu/igs/2023/03/30/campus-climate-lab-spring-2023/ |website=BU Institute for Global Sustainability}}</ref>

In July 2022, social scientist [[Benjamin K. Sovacool|Benjamin Sovacool]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Benjamin Sovacool |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wKHreQ0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao |website=Google Scholar}}</ref> led the establishment of the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability. Formerly the Institute for Sustainable Energy, the university-wide institute advances cross-disciplinary research on sustainability with a focus on justice and equity.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Colarossi |first=Jessica |date=March 15, 2022 |title=BU Institute to Focus on Equity and Justice in the Climate Change Fight |url=https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/ise-focuses-on-equity-and-justice-in-climate-change-fight/ |work=The Brink}}</ref>

The university bought a wind farm in South Dakota to meet its goal of [[carbon neutrality]] by 2040.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 14, 2019 |title=A Study in Emissionality: Why Boston University Looked Beyond New England for Its First Wind Power Purchase |url=https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/2019/01/14/a-study-in-emissionality-why-boston-university-looked-beyond-new-england-for-its-first-wind-power-pu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920022116/https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/2019/01/14/a-study-in-emissionality-why-boston-university-looked-beyond-new-england-for-its-first-wind-power-pu/ |archive-date=September 20, 2020 |access-date=November 30, 2020 |website=Renewable Energy World |language=en-US}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wade |first1=Adam |title=Boston University Signs Long-Term Power Purchase Agreement for Wind Energy |url=https://foleyhoag.com/news-and-insights/blogs/energy-and-climate-counsel/2018/september/boston-university-signs-long-term-power-purchase-agreement-for-wind-energy/ |website=foleyhoag.com |language=en}}</ref>