Jan 17, 2023 | Campus Sustainability, News, News Releases
Running a marathon, bicycling a century, or swimming 1,500 meters requires a lot of energy. Finding that energy, however, is a different matter entirely. The world’s most elite athletes spend years tinkering with and perfecting exactly how their energy consumption...
Jan 5, 2023 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases, SMARTFARM Project
A study led by researchers at the Agroecosystem Sustainability Center (ASC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign provides new insights for quantifying cropland carbon budgets and soil carbon credits, two important metrics for mitigating climate change. The...
Oct 12, 2022 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases
A team of Agroecosystem Sustainability Center (ASC) scientists was awarded a grant from the Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council (NREC) to quantify streambank erosion across the state and its contributions to phosphorus (P) loading of surface waters....
Aug 24, 2022 | ELP, iSEE Bios, SEE Fellows Profiles
Tyler Swanson, a University of Illinois senior in Environmental Economics and Policy, is the image of a student who can never have their hands in enough work. As an iCAP Team clerk, a member of the first Environmental Leadership Program student cohort, Q Magazine...
May 25, 2022 | Campus Sustainability, News, News Releases
URBANA, Ill. — New solar and geothermal energy projects, a reduction in water use, and wide-ranging sustainability research helped the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign earn its fifth consecutive Gold certification in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment...