Dec 4, 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...
Dec 3, 2021 | iSEE Bios, News, News Releases
Luis Rodríguez was named iSEE’s Associate Director for Education & Outreach on Aug. 16, 2021, when he assumed leadership of educational programs such as the iSEE sustainability minor, the Levenick Teaching Fellows Program, and the new undergraduate Environmental...
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 | Agrivoltaics Project, iSEE Research, News, News Releases
Urbana, Ill. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced funding for a new project led by iSEE Interim Director Madhu Khanna to optimize design for “agrivoltaic” systems — fields with both crops and solar panels — that will maintain crop production,...
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...
Oct 14, 2021 | Campus Sustainability, News Releases
Entering the realm of sustainability can be intimidating due to its fast pace and advanced vocabulary. Even those in the field may find themselves pausing to look up a word or concept from time to time. So, in the spirit of making sustainability as accessible as...