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Crops in silico 2.0: Project Extended with $5M Grant from Foundation FAR

Mar 15, 2019 | Crops in silico Project, iSEE Research, News, News Releases

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Crops in silico (Cis) project has received a $5 million grant from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) to continue building a computational platform that integrates multiple models to study a whole...

Major Gift to iSEE, NRES Elevates U of I Work in Sustainability, Environment

Feb 20, 2019 | News, News Releases

Sustainability leadership, research, education, and practices will remain at the forefront of University of Illinois priorities, thanks in part to significant endowments from Stuart L. and Nancy J. Levenick of Naples, Fla. Mr. Levenick, a U of I alumnus who captained...

Institute Seed-Funds a Record Nine New Research Projects for 2019 Initiatives

Feb 18, 2019 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases

The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) is providing seed funding for nine interdisciplinary research projects at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — iSEE’s largest group of projects to date. The projects, supported by a total of...

Meet Elizabeth Murphy, CABBI Program Manager

Feb 7, 2019 | iSEE Bios

Elizabeth Murphy is the Program Manager for the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI). Before working at the U of I, she was a Hydrologist at the U.S. Geological Survey for 17 years. In February 2018, Elizabeth started with CABBI as a...

Meet Aaron Finder

Jan 29, 2019 | News Releases, Purchasing, Waste, and Recycling, SWATeams

Aaron Finder is the Assistant Purchasing Director for the Purchasing Office and a member of the Purchasing, Waste, and Recycling SWATeam.Prior to joining the Purchasing Office, Finder worked for the Chief Procurement Office of Higher Education. Now he develops and...