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...
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 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...
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 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,...