Past News
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.
Lake Michigan coastline erosion research brings in new data and diplomacy
October 1, 2021
The record high Lake Michigan water levels in 2020 were even more dramatic if you consider that the lake had near record low levels as recent as 2013.
Lake Michigan coastline erosion research brings in new data and diplomacy
Center Affiliate Assigned to Governor’s Wetland Taskforce
September 28, 2021
On Monday, September 20th, Governor Holcomb’s office released the official list of appointees to the Indiana Wetlands Taskforce as required by Senate Enrolled Act 389. The list includes a representative from Purdue’s Center for the Environment, Sara McMillan, Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering(ABE) and convener of the Water Challenges research area.
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New tool finds the best opportunities to reduce, reuse and recycle across industrial sectors
September 24, 2021
A new tool finds hidden connections across industrial sectors and identifies opportunities to reduce waste and lower carbon emissions by mapping the physical economy for a region.
New tool finds the best opportunities to reduce, reuse and recycle across industrial sectors
Undergraduate Student Focus: Madison Hodges, Class of 2022
September 13, 2021
Madison Hodges, class of 2022 in Environmental and Ecological Sciences, has made her mark during her four years at Purdue as a student and community leader for sustainability.
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