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...
Aug 16, 2021 | News, News Releases
The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment is pleased to welcome Luis F. Rodríguez as its new Associate Director for Education & Outreach, effective today. Rodríguez, an Associate Professor of Agricultural & Biological Engineering who has been...
Jul 27, 2021 | News, News Releases
Carbon is everywhere. It’s in the atmosphere, in the oceans, in the soil, in our food, in our bodies. As the backbone of all organic molecules that make up life, carbon is a very accurate predictor of crop yields. And soil is the largest carbon pool on earth, playing...
Mar 2, 2021 | Levenick Fellows, News, News Releases
Urbana, Ill. — The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) has named its largest and most diverse group of faculty and instructors to be 2021-22 Levenick iSEE Teaching Sustainability Fellows. Funded by a generous endowment from Illinois Alumnus...
Feb 24, 2021 | Levenick Fellows, News, News Releases
Urbana, Ill. — The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) is pleased to announce it will bring two renowned scholars to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus in Spring 2021. Environmental activist and MacArthur “genius” grant...
Feb 11, 2021 | Campus Sustainability, News, News Releases, Resilience Working Advisory Team
In Fall 2020, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign published the Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP), the university’s strategy to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and pursue a culture of sustainability on campus and in the community. The iCAP includes...