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...
Dec 4, 2023 | Levenick Fellows, News, News Releases
Professor Michael Ward has been appointed as the Stuart L. and Nancy J. Levenick Chair in Sustainability with the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This named chair is within his home...
Nov 30, 2023 | Education, iCAP Update, News, News Releases, SWATeams
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is already past the halfway point from Illinois Climate Action Plan 2020 to iCAP 2025. It’s time to check in with each of the iCAP topical chapters to gauge progress, address the challenges our campus faces, and celebrate...
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 16, 2023 | Campus Sustainability, iSEE Bios, News Releases
Miriam Keep brings a global background to her new position as iSEE’s Sustainability Programs Coordinator. After receiving her Master’s in Urban Planning from the University of Illinois, Keep spent six years in international development working with refugee settlements...
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...