Mar 21, 2022 | News, News Releases, SMARTFARM Project
There is much more carbon stored in Earth’s soil than in its atmosphere. A significant portion of this soil carbon is in organic form (carbon bound to carbon), called soil organic carbon (SOC). Notably, unlike the inorganic carbon in soils, the amount of SOC, and how...
Feb 8, 2022 | Campus Sustainability, News Releases
In September 2020, one NPR headline had all the environmentalists talking: “How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled.” This was no clickbait. Indeed, less than 10 percent of plastic is recycled each year, due to a combination of factors:...
Jan 30, 2022 | iSEE Bios, News, News Releases
The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) is pleased to announce the hiring of Jennifer Fraterrigo as its new Associate Director for Campus Sustainability. Fraterrigo, who was promoted in May 2022 to full Professor of Natural Resources &...
Jan 27, 2022 | ELP, News Releases
Inside the ELP: Student Takes Part in iSEE’s Immersive Experience iSEE Communications Intern Erin Minor is a member of the 2024 Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) cohort. Here, she chronicles her environmental leadership journey through a series of...
Jan 21, 2022 | iSEE Bios, News Releases
The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment is pleased to announce the hiring of Elizabeth Murphy as its new Managing Director, effective Jan. 1, 2022. Murphy was serving as a Deputy Director of the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts...
Jan 12, 2022 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases
The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) is providing seed funding for two new research projects at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — one addressing health disparities in neighborhoods afflicted by hazardous waste, the other...