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She also intends to maximize UAB’s other natural resources — namely, the bright ideas of its students and employees and the power of its research — to make UAB a greener, more efficient university. The results could ripple out into Birmingham as well, inspiring changes that lead to a more livable community for everyone to enjoy.
Price, a Kentucky native and UAB alumna, originally came to Birmingham to study how vegetation on campus roofs affects energy and water use. She earned her PhD from UAB's celebrated Department of Biology. Today, she’s out to prove that sustainability is more than recycling or switching off lights when you leave a room, and that the benefits go far beyond the bottom line and good public relations.