Nov 17, 2021 | Levenick Fellows, News, News Releases
For the fourth year running, the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) is providing seed funding to faculty and instructors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who wish to incorporate sustainability into the classroom. The 2022...
Nov 3, 2021 | Campus Sustainability, News Releases
The university’s largest and oldest student-led environmental group, Students for Environmental Concerns (SECS), hosted its annual Climate Strike on Sept. 24. The students’ demands were clear: total divestment from fossil fuel companies; iCAP accountability;...
Oct 29, 2021 | Certified Green Office, Green Campus Certifications, News Releases
Have you ever wondered where and how bruised and battered books are restored? The Conservation Unit at the Oak Street Library Facility prides itself on its work restoring historical books and files. The office there can now add sustainability to its list of...
Oct 29, 2021 | News Releases
EDITOR’S NOTE: Jonah Messinger, a recent graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Physics and Energy Systems, is now a Visiting Scientist and ThinkSwiss Scholar at ETH Zürich working on next-generation gammavoltaic technology. As a COP26...
Oct 25, 2021 | E-E FEWS Project, iSEE Research, News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES
Thanks to the work of Sabrina Summers and her University of Illinois research teammates, you might be able to power your car with your dinner leftovers someday. Summers is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE)...
Oct 20, 2021 | News, News Releases
An exploration of the Bitcoin gold rush — and its impact on the fossil fuel industry — is the top winner in the second annual Janelle Joseph Prize for Environmental Writing, curated by the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE). In all, five...