Indianapolis received a total of 21.5 inches of rain between June and July (NWS). In June the city received a total of 8.36 inches of rain making it the 7th wettest June on record (NWS).
Record Setting Precipitation Summer 2015
Month: August 2015
Meet Dr. Julia Angstmann: New Director of the Center for Urban Ecology at Butler University
Dr. Julia Angstmann joined the Center for Urban Ecology (CUE) at Butler in June of 2015, and she is incredibly excited about many of the ongoing programs as well as future endeavors! CEES (IUPUI) and CUE (Butler) are in direct alignment as both are urban environmental centers. As Julia states, “CUE and CEES play in the same playground of Indianapolis.” … Read more »
INPAWS Annual Conference 2015
Guest blog submitted by Jenny Nelson. Jenny is a lecturer in the Earth Sciences department and CEES Faculty Partner. Indiana Native Plant & Wildflower Society (INPAWS) members gather every November for a full day to engage in learning about native plants!
Partnership Insight: CEES Service Learning and DPW
CEES and Don Miller and Brenda Howard with Department of Public Works (DPW) – Land Stewardship have had a long standing partnership. In fact, Don informs, “they’ve never had a longer term partnership with anybody.” CEES Service Learning currently helps Don and Brenda mainly with the preventative maintenance of prior projects.
CEES at Bug Fest
Friend of CEES, Jan Lesniak, has volunteered to host a station at this year’s annual Bug Fest focusing on bat education and conservation. Bug Fest is a self-described celebration of bugs taking place at Southeastway Park on August 30 from 1 – 5 p.m. CEES is happy to help in this endeavor! We have collaborated with Jan… Read more »