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Field to Library: U of I Collaboration for Sustainable Book Conservation

Oct 17, 2018 | News, News Releases, Purchasing, Waste, and Recycling

A dynamic partnership in the works at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign aims to prove that paper doesn’t — and perhaps shouldn’t — grow on trees. The participants? Fresh Press — a hand papermaking studio at the School of Art + Design — and the U of I...

Research Explores Energy Bills’ Impact on Student Energy Consumption

Oct 12, 2018 | iSEE Research, Levenick Fellows, News, News Releases

Home ownership comes with all kinds of benefits: private space, property investing, reliable laundry access. Those conveniences also come with costs such as a mortgage and utility bills. However, if you are a student living in a dormitory, you do not have many of...

iSEE Helps Secure $6M+ in New Grants

Sep 14, 2018 | News, News Releases

URBANA, Ill. — The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment is pleased to announce it has helped attract two grants totaling more than $6 million for University of Illinois and partner researchers this month: $5M DOE Grant for Energy Crops Study A U of...

iSEE Seeks Critical Conversation Topic

Sep 13, 2018 | News, News Releases

The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) invites proposals to organize a Critical Conversation during the 2018-19 academic year on a topic that presents a grand societal challenge related to environmental sustainability. Preference will be...

Q Mag — New Student Environmental Publication — Releases First Issue

Sep 10, 2018 | News, News Releases

URBANA, Ill. — The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) is proud to announce publication of the first online issue of Q Magazine, featuring articles by University of Illinois students enrolled in the Undergraduate Certificate in Environmental...

Check ’Em Out: Nine Sustainable Features on the Illinois Campus

Sep 6, 2018 | News, News Releases

Concrete, showers, T-shirts, and other green designs you might not have noticed. Eleven LEED–certified facilities, three Gold Level honors in STARS, two Second Nature marks of distinction … the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is committed to...