1911 Connecticut College founded to provide higher educational opportunities for women
Connecticut College Arboretum established 1931      
  1952 Bolleswood Natural Area designated for long-term ecological studies
Human Ecology (now Environmental Studies) major first offered 1969   1969 Environmental Model Committee Established
Campus wide recycling program begun (one of the first in the nation) 1970      
  1973 Unity House founded to support multicultural students
Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment established 1993      
Earth House formed 1994   1994 First Environmental Coordinator hired
  1996 Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy established
College signs carbon offset agreement with Reforest the Tropics 1999      
  2001 Renewable Energy Fund (now Sustainable Projects Fund) begun
Sustainability Fellows Program initiated 2012   2012 New London Hall reopens after a green renovation and receives LEED Gold
  2013 Office of Sustainability established
Suzi Oppenheimer '56 Faculty Director of Sustainability appointed 2014      
  2016 First Dean of Institutional Equity and Inclusion hired
Campus Sustainability Task Force convened 2017      
  2018 Connecticut College awarded Silver ranking from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
Connecticut College achieves Gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education 2021      
  2022 Public commitment to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2030
Work begins on a new solar array planned for the south area of campus 2023