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Changes to Indiana's wetland law could lead to more CO2 into the air
November 29, 2021
Wetlands are good at trapping a lot of carbon dioxide in a small space. Now that the state is protecting fewer wetlands, it's possible more CO2 will get released into the air as they’re destroyed.
Changes to Indiana's wetland law could lead to more CO2 into the air
Three Student Teams Advance to National EPA Competition
November 16, 2021
Three student teams have advanced to the national EPA P3 Student Design Competition and have the chance at winning $25,000 to advance the development of their projects to address issues of air and water quality.
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C4E Affiliate Carol Song Key Player in new NSF Center
November 5, 2021
Research Computing senior research scientist Carol Song is the co-principal investigator on a five year $15 million award from the National Science Foundation establishing a new institute for geospatial data-driven scientific research. The institute is part of the NSF’s Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR) Big Idea, which is a national effort to enable new modes of data-driven discovery that will address fundamental questions at the frontiers of science and engineering.
Microbes' sense of community, cooperation could improve biofuels
November 5, 2021
Microorganisms can be neighborly – when breaking down complex plant fibers they divide the labor and are able to sustain a diverse community, as each member gets its share of food. Understanding how they are able to adapt in this way could lead to improved biofuels processes and is the focus of a new $2 million project at Purdue University.
Microbes' sense of community, cooperation could improve biofuels
Sloan Postdoctoral Fellows working on New Carbon Economy Research Join C4E
November 1, 2021
Postdoctoral fellows Henry Seeger (Communication) and Janel Jett (Political Science), having won prestigious Sloan Post-doctoral Fellowships to conduct research relating to the New Carbon Economy through the Center for the Environment, have joined the Center as C4E Sloan Scholars.
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Hospitality stakeholders: Why is COP26 important?
October 27, 2021
Two-weeks of negotiations in November 2015 led to the Paris Agreement. The culmination of 20 years of discussions, concessions and compromises. Is the Paris Agreement an important document to the hospitality industry? Without a doubt.
HLA course unpacks roots of structural racism in American agriculture
October 20, 2021
Linda Prokopy, HLA department head and professor, and Steve Hallett, HLA professor, instruct the new one credit course. The 12-student discussion-based course leads students all the way from Pre-Colombian agriculture in the Americas to Black Americans in agriculture today, examining major historical touchstones like land theft, slavery, the failure of Reconstruction, migrant workers, sharecropping and more.
HLA course unpacks roots of structural racism in American agriculture
Tomas Höök named as the 2021 recipient of the Agricultural Research Award
October 18, 2021
Close to finishing his biology degree at the University of Michigan, Tomas Höök decided to sign up for an ecology class. Twenty-five years later, lessons from that semester continue to apply to the lifework of the recipient of the 2021 Agricultural Research Award, the highest honor for mid-career faculty members in the Purdue University College of Agriculture.
Tomas Höök named as the 2021 recipient of the Agricultural Research Award
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant joins initiative to protect freshwater resources
October 12, 2021
Sea Grant announced three initiatives this week, all focused on freshwater systems and management. Projects include managing stormwater to reduce flooding in the Great Lakes, examining contaminants of emerging concern along the East Coast and mitigating pollution resulting from runoff in the mid-Atlantic region.
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant joins initiative to protect freshwater resources
Purdue awarded $10 million for #DiverseCornBelt project
October 6, 2021
A $10 million project seeks to make Midwestern agriculture more resilient by diversifying farms, marketing and the agricultural landscape.