Past News
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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Big data, machine learning shed light on Asian reforestation successes
October 30, 2020
Since carbon sequestration is such an important factor for mitigating climate change, it’s critical to understand the efficacy of reforestation efforts and develop solid estimates of forest carbon storage capacity. However, measuring forest properties can be difficult, especially in places that aren’t easily reachable.
Big data, machine learning shed light on Asian reforestation successes
SNOOPIng on our water from space
October 26, 2020
Learn more about how we can determine levels of sub-surface soil moisture…from space. Affiliate and lead of the environmental sensing research cluster Jim Garrison recently had a blog post published about his “Signals of Opportunity” work with NASA.
Purdue Team to Contribute to NSF-Accelerator Project
October 23, 2020
Three Center affiliates recently received funding on the University of Cincinnati-led NSF Accelerator project, “The Urban Flooding Open Knowledge Network (UF-OKN): Delivering Flood Information to Any one, Any time, Any where.”
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Center Affiliates receive NSF-CNH2 Grant
October 23, 2020
Bryan Pijanowski and Laura Zanotti received an NSF award for their project on Resilience in Integrated Grassland-Pastoralist Systems.
Deregulatory Approach to the Environment could Impact Indiana
October 21, 2020
Professor of Political Science Leigh Raymond and PCCRC director Jeff Dukes shared in an Indianapolis Star story how the Trump administration’s environmental deregulation and reversal of various rules and regulations might affect Indiana’s air quality.
Deregulatory Approach to the Environment could Impact Indiana
2020 Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Grant
October 21, 2020
Sa Liu, Asst. Professor HSCI, corresponding PI, and her co-project directors Dr. Jennifer Johnson, in the department of Anthropology, and community partner Ms. Deborah Corcoran, Community Outreach Coordinator in Martinsville IN, have received a 2020 Interdisciplinary Research Leaders (IRL) grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for their project “Groundwater Contamination and Health Equity in a Deindustrialized Midwestern Community.” The 3 year project’s goal is to improve how information on exposure risk is produced and consumed to motivate meaningful improvements in health outcomes and health equity in real world communities.
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