Jan 9, 2023 | iCOVER Project, iSEE Research, News, News Releases
Urbana, Ill. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that it is funding a new project led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that will address major obstacles to adoption of cover crops in the United States. Titled “iCOVER: Innovated...
Jan 5, 2023 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases, SMARTFARM Project
A study led by researchers at the Agroecosystem Sustainability Center (ASC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign provides new insights for quantifying cropland carbon budgets and soil carbon credits, two important metrics for mitigating climate change. The...
Dec 9, 2022 | Bio-Based Chemicals Project, iSEE Research, News, News Releases
The world’s appetite for electronics is growing, but what happens when we are done with our old phones and tablets? Most electronics are not degradable, and their disposal contributes to a variety of environmental problems. To help address this electronic waste...
Dec 6, 2022 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases
The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) will catalyze research on sustainable transportation modes in the Midwest thanks to a $1 million gift from the 2019 settlement of a consumer class-action lawsuit. “We will use the funding to invest in...
Nov 17, 2022 | News, News Releases, Zero Waste
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was written in April 2020, and our campus has since installed Grind2Energy systems at all dining facilities. Check out the video above for the latest information as of Fall 2022! As of Spring 2020, the University of Illinois at...
Oct 25, 2022 | News, News Releases
A poignant reflection on birds and the dangers they face from urban buildings, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign undergraduate Eva Bein’s article was the grand prize winner in the third annual Janelle Joseph Prize for Environmental Writing, curated by the...