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Service Learning Project 1 (Invasive Species Removal at Holliday Park) is cancelled due to inclement weather. The project has been rescheduled to the planned rain date.
European Starlings: Shakespearean Tragedy or Much Ado About Nothing?
February 23, 2024
Rain Date Change for Service Learning Projects 5 and 6
March 25, 2023
CEES Service Learning Project 3 Rescheduled Due to Weather
March 3, 2023
Summer Teacher Professional Development Workshop
June 1, 2022
Service Learning Projects 3 & 4 Rescheduled Due To Weather
October 15, 2021
September 9, 2021
June 21, 2021
August 26, 2020
July 20, 2020
June 22, 2020
As climate change increases likelihood of economic disasters, solution may be found in soil
An increasing number of droughts, floods, storms and wildfires cause costly disasters to the U.S. economy, including agriculture. IU Indianapolis professor Jerome Dumortier says a solution to mitig... Read more about As climate change increases likelihood of economic disasters, solution may be found in soil
Roots of resilience: IU institute helps communities expand tree canopies
Community tree plantings served as a capstone to a yearlong collaboration with IU’s Environmental Resilience Institute to assess local tree canopies and make plans to expand them.
From the Desk: Indiana University’s Climate Action Plan one year later
Jessica Davis, associate vice president and chief sustainability officer at Indiana University, shares how the IU Climate Action Plan is progressing one year after it was approved.
$2 million NSF grant funds research into insects as sustainable ‘manufacturing plants’
To tackle food security and climate responsiveness on Earth, IU Indianapolis researchers will develop sustainable and scalable solutions aimed at shifting traditional agriculture toward a bio-based... Read more about $2 million NSF grant funds research into insects as sustainable ‘manufacturing plants’
Forever chemicals in Great Lakes: $7.2M EPA grant funds O’Neill researcher’s continued study
Assistant professor Marta Venier, a leading figure in environmental chemistry who specializes in the study of persistent pollutants in the atmosphere, has been awarded the grant to support the EPAâ... Read more about Forever chemicals in Great Lakes: $7.2M EPA grant funds O’Neill researcher’s continued study
Maintaining diversity of tree species crucial to sustaining eastern U.S. forests
Led by Justin Maxwell, professor and chair of geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington, a study has found that eastern U.S. forests are becoming more vulnerable to drought du... Read more about Maintaining diversity of tree species crucial to sustaining eastern U.S. forests
EPA’s Janet McCabe to join national climate change discussion at IU Indianapolis
The O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are hosting the Roads to Removal Indiana Symposium to discuss how Indiana and the Midwest ca... Read more about EPA’s Janet McCabe to join national climate change discussion at IU Indianapolis
NSF CAREER grant supports study into vegetation’s effect on erosion rates
Andrea Stevens Goddard, professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, was awarded the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program grant, providing $884... Read more about NSF CAREER grant supports study into vegetation’s effect on erosion rates
Research Impact: History professor tracks ivory trade by drawing on campus and global experts
IU Bloomington associate professor Jonathan Schlesinger, a scholar of China and the Qing Empire, and of environmental history, has worked across multiple continents tracing the movement of ivory to... Read more about Research Impact: History professor tracks ivory trade by drawing on campus and global experts
Faculty, students contribute to Bloomington extreme heat action plan
Indiana University students and faculty are working with the City of Bloomington to develop an extreme heat action plan for the community. The plan is being informed by collaborations spanning urba... Read more about Faculty, students contribute to Bloomington extreme heat action plan
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