May 26, 2022 | I-FARM Project, iSEE Research, News, News Releases
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that it is funding a new collaboration between two institutes and a research center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that will create an integrated farm of the future in the U.S. Midwest. Titled...
May 25, 2022 | Campus Sustainability, News, News Releases
URBANA, Ill. — New solar and geothermal energy projects, a reduction in water use, and wide-ranging sustainability research helped the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign earn its fifth consecutive Gold certification in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment...
May 4, 2022 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases, SMARTFARM Project
University of Illinois researchers were part of a multi-institutional team that has significantly improved the performance of numerical predictions for agricultural nitrous oxide emissions using novel modeling that combines artificial intelligence and process-based...
Apr 19, 2022 | Levenick Fellows, News, News Releases
Urbana, Ill. — The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) has selected eight faculty instructors to be part of the 2022-23 Levenick iSEE Teaching Sustainability Fellows cohort. Funded by a generous endowment from Illinois Alumnus Stuart L....
Apr 11, 2022 | Campus Sustainability, iSEE Bios, News, News Releases
Jennifer Fraterrigo was named iSEE’s Associate Director for Campus Sustainability effective Jan. 15, assuming a leading role for implementing actions to make the University of Illinois more environmentally sustainable. She plans to partner with students, faculty, and...
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...