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![Growing Mushrooms and Baking Pizza With Maris Wilson, MAFS+MBA ’24](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627a6ef0f125404091392104/aed12e6d-2296-40b9-835a-e3d64643e03d/image0-4.jpeg)
Growing Mushrooms and Baking Pizza With Maris Wilson, MAFS+MBA ’24
Maris Wilson had never grown mushrooms on logs before coming to Chatham. “Learning that whole process was a steep learning curve, but it’s been very fun.”
![Creating a Capstone Combining Art, Research, and Sustainability](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627a6ef0f125404091392104/1bebbac7-3e07-4429-b7f5-c20e96e9cc01/DSC02572.jpg)
Creating a Capstone Combining Art, Research, and Sustainability
Erin Skiff, MSUS+MBA ’24, knew she wanted to combine her passions for art and sustainability. She came to Chatham University to do it.
![Enter the Microgrid: Sourcing Renewable Energy for EHC](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627a6ef0f125404091392104/1660750010419-79GI0DY1ZNFT5LARNNV6/Screen+Shot+2020-08-11+at+12.03.06+PM.png)
Enter the Microgrid: Sourcing Renewable Energy for EHC
Eden Hall Campus is now home to a microgrid, a contained energy grid that can use locally-generated energy to power its surroundings. Nelson DiBiase, MSUS + MBA ‘21 played a crucial role in setting up the microgrid for Elsalma Field, which will power the outdoor classroom, a future hoop house, and more.
![Feyisola Akintola, MSUS+MBA ‘16, is working for a more equitable Pittsburgh](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627a6ef0f125404091392104/1660750836459-V4TZYRXYKPU4Q01NZLN5/master_of_sustainability_alum_Feyisola.jpg)
Feyisola Akintola, MSUS+MBA ‘16, is working for a more equitable Pittsburgh
Alumna Feyisola Akintola explains that her Master of Sustainability + MBA Dual Degree taught her to push boundaries and make a difference in her role as Special Initiatives Manager for Mayor Bill Peduto at the City of Pittsburgh.