Dec 6, 2023 | I-GUIDE, iSEE Research, News, News Releases
It’s no secret that big environmental problems tend to require interdisciplinary solutions. In the case of monitoring the risks that aging dam infrastructure imposes, storm watchers, engineers, and sociologists all have a part to play. Deanna Hence, Assistant...
Nov 28, 2023 | iSEE Research, Midwest CASC, News, News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES
Rohini Vembar is one of two M.S. students in Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences who has received funding from the Midwest Climate Adaption Science Center (CASC) team at the University of Illinois. Working with Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS)...
Nov 14, 2023 | News Releases, SMARTFARM Project
It made headlines nationwide. An abrupt dust storm blinded drivers on Interstate 55 south of Springfield, Ill., on May 1, causing a massive pileup, ultimately killing eight people and injuring 37. A team of researchers from the University of Illinois, Cornell...
Nov 7, 2023 | Illinois Regenerative Agriculture Initiative, iSEE Research, News, News Releases
Urbana, Ill. — The Illinois Regenerative Agriculture Initiative (IRAI) marks the successful completion of its first three years with a new name: I-Regen. The name change reflects an ongoing commitment to the future of regenerative agriculture in the Midwest. I-Regen...
Oct 26, 2023 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases
The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) is announcing a call for proposals to support interdisciplinary research, visioning, and planning activities on ambitious topics related to sustainability, energy, and environment. iSEE seed funds are...
Oct 10, 2023 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases, SMARTFARM Project
As the world focuses on not only solving the climate crisis but also sustaining the world’s food supply, researchers need tools to evaluate how atmospheric pollutants affect crops. Over the past decade, the agriculture community has turned to solar-induced chlorophyll...