Past News
New Carbon Economy Consortium Seeking Postdoc Applications
December 10, 2020
Purdue’s Center for the Environment is a founding member of the New Carbon Economy Consortium (NCEC). The NCEC is requesting applications for Postdoctoral Fellows in the social sciences to work with Consortium institutions on topics related to the transition to an economy that sequesters more carbon than it emits.
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C4E Affiliates Win Award for US Food System response to Covid-19
November 30, 2020
C4E affiliates Ankita Raturi, assistant professor in the School of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and Andrew Flachs, assistant professor in Anthropology, have just been awarded a Just Tech Covid-19 Rapid-Response grant from the Social Science Research Council for the project, "Technological Transitions in the US Local Food System in Response to Covid-19.” Raturi and Flachs are members of the Building Sustainable Communities signature research area, whose mission is to connect scholars working on social, ecological, and technical systems to address how to create more just and sustainable futures.
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Purdue joins national manufacturing cybersecurity collaboration
November 29, 2020
Purdue University's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) is joining the national Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII) to improve cybersecurity and energy efficiency for American manufacturing.
Purdue joins national manufacturing cybersecurity collaboration
Hosen To Study Wetland Usage for Nutrition Retention, Greenhouse Gas Minimization
November 23, 2020
In a growing world, environmental management strategies that get the most out of every acre of land are imperative. When it comes to protecting water quality in agricultural landscapes, wetlands are a critical part of any efficient, cost-effective strategy. Wetlands are known for helping remove nitrogen and phosphorus from agricultural runoff, but they also can be major sources of greenhouse gasses, including methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O). With help from a $500,000 grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Dr. Jacob Hosen, assistant professor of ecology analytics and the internet of things for Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources, will be studying how hydrology and plant community diversity can be modulated to maximize nutrient retention and minimize production of greenhouse gasses from wetlands.
Hosen To Study Wetland Usage for Nutrition Retention, Greenhouse Gas Minimization
Will Indiana stick with coal or embrace renewables? Energy task force to decide this week
November 18, 2020
Historically, Indiana is a state built on coal. It has been both one of the top producers and consumers of coal across the country — and is a state that still generates more than half of its energy from the fossil fuel today. But where will Indiana’s energy come from in the future? That’s exactly what the state’s 21st Century Energy Task Force is trying to figure out.
Will Indiana stick with coal or embrace renewables? Energy task force to decide this week
Purdue-led team named quarterfinalist in DOE solar innovation contest
November 16, 2020
A Purdue University innovator and his team are among the quarterfinalists in a national solar desalination innovation contest. They received the recognition for a technology to use solar power to purify high salinity water, such as treating desalination brine or produced water from oil and gas extraction.
Purdue-led team named quarterfinalist in DOE solar innovation contest
PICS Technology in Arequipa, Peru via Nexus Partnership
November 6, 2020
Recently, PICS made forays into Central and South America, mainly Peru, with the work of C4E Affiliate Dieudonne Baributsa.
Wildlife Ecologist and C4E Affiliate Liz Flaherty Receives National Excellence in Teaching Award
November 5, 2020
Dr. Elizabeth Flaherty, associate professor of wildlife ecology and habitat management, has been named as one of two national recipients of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Excellence in College and University Teaching Awards for Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Wildlife Ecologist and C4E Affiliate Liz Flaherty Receives National Excellence in Teaching Award
FNR prof and C4E Affiliate Songlin Fei weighs in on the long-term fate of Ash Trees in the US
November 5, 2020
Purdue’s Songlin Fei has shown that ash trees are not regenerating well in forests where the ash borers have invaded, leaving the tree species likely to become functionally extinct.
FNR prof and C4E Affiliate Songlin Fei weighs in on the long-term fate of Ash Trees in the US
Techno Park in Arequipa Peru receives Congressional Backing
November 5, 2020
In 2018, Purdue’s Center for the Environment, located in Discovery Park, launched the university’s largest non-federally funded international partnership with the Universidad Nacional de San Agustín (UNSA) located in Arequipa, Peru. This partnership led to the creation of the Arequipa Nexus Institute for Food, Energy, Water and the Environment. This month the partnership took a substantial step forward in its goal of advancing economic and scientific capacity in Arequipa when the Peruvian National Congress unanimously approved the creation of the Parque Cientifico Tecnológico de Arequipa, the first such institution in the country.
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