diff --git a/custom-environments/Rust/env_validation.ipynb b/custom-environments/Rust/env_validation.ipynb
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+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "1d8e03e9-9345-44b0-b113-d610e55d7e5d",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "# Rust Environment Validation\n",
+    "\n",
+    "[![Open in SageMaker Studio Lab](https://studiolab.sagemaker.aws/studiolab.svg)](https://studiolab.sagemaker.aws/import/github/aws/studio-lab-examples/blob/main/custom-environments/Rust/env_validation.ipynb)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "23537e27-fd37-4fd0-b27e-dfe19ff65b5f",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "This notebook validates your Rust environment. This assumes you have a default installation of Rust with all dependencies and datasets and the environment was built using the example `.yml` file and `install.sh` script. Open this notebook with the `rust:Rust` kernel to verify your environment."
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "91f3a130-dc85-4560-bee3-d6af785e2015",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "## Hello world\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Make sure you can import packages without any errors. "
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "6a1e087f-f353-435d-b261-9b7d52fd7ce9",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "println!(\"Hello, world!\"); "
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "fe7068d0-9b6d-4734-8661-d2960506cebd",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "## Function\n",
+    "Verify you can run FizBuzz using functinos as in [Rust By Example](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/fn.html). "
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "5853a2a6-e34c-415c-909f-e0c7d8163577",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "// Function that returns a boolean value\n",
+    "fn is_divisible_by(lhs: u32, rhs: u32) -> bool {\n",
+    "    // Corner case, early return\n",
+    "    if rhs == 0 {\n",
+    "        return false;\n",
+    "    }\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    // This is an expression, the `return` keyword is not necessary here\n",
+    "    lhs % rhs == 0\n",
+    "}\n",
+    "\n",
+    "// Functions that \"don't\" return a value, actually return the unit type `()`\n",
+    "fn fizzbuzz(n: u32) -> () {\n",
+    "    if is_divisible_by(n, 15) {\n",
+    "        println!(\"fizzbuzz\");\n",
+    "    } else if is_divisible_by(n, 3) {\n",
+    "        println!(\"fizz\");\n",
+    "    } else if is_divisible_by(n, 5) {\n",
+    "        println!(\"buzz\");\n",
+    "    } else {\n",
+    "        println!(\"{}\", n);\n",
+    "    }\n",
+    "}\n",
+    "\n",
+    "// When a function returns `()`, the return type can be omitted from the\n",
+    "// signature\n",
+    "fn fizzbuzz_to(n: u32) {\n",
+    "    for n in 1..=n {\n",
+    "        fizzbuzz(n);\n",
+    "    }\n",
+    "}"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "5c7144fb-afee-45d5-9991-c742a4d0ecf7",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "fizzbuzz_to(20);"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "f72180a0-4bb1-47a7-9caa-e523567515a8",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": []
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "name": "conda-env-rust-rust"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": "rust",
+   "file_extension": ".rs",
+   "mimetype": "text/rust",
+   "name": "Rust",
+   "pygment_lexer": "rust",
+   "version": ""
+  }
+ },
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 5
+}
diff --git a/custom-environments/Rust/install.sh b/custom-environments/Rust/install.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#create conda env for Rust
+cd $HOME/studio-lab-examples/custom-environments/Rust && conda env create -f rust.yml
+conda activate rust
+
+#install Rust to conda environment
+export CARGO_HOME=$HOME/.conda/envs/rust
+curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh  -s -- -y
+source $HOME/.conda/envs/rust/env
+
+#install evcxr_jupyter to conda environment
+export JUPYTER_PATH=$HOME/.conda/envs/rust/share/jupyter/
+cargo install evcxr_jupyter
+evcxr_jupyter --install
+
+#install additional packages
+cargo install sccache
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diff --git a/custom-environments/Rust/rust.yml b/custom-environments/Rust/rust.yml
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+name: rust
+dependencies:
+  - cmake
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diff --git a/custom-environments/Rust/uninstall.sh b/custom-environments/Rust/uninstall.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+evcxr_jupyter --uninstall
+cargo uninstall evcxr_jupyter
+
+conda deactivate
+conda env remove -n rust