CEES Adds Citizen Science and a New Site to the Service Learning Roster. Over the course of the semester, 242 IUPUI students participated in 10 service learning events. Jaguars converged on various parks, including Broad Ripple, Grassy Creek, Sodalis, and Juan Solomon, to remove bushels of Bush Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) – our (least) favorite invasive… Read more »
Welcoming Campus Innovator Grant awarded to Center for Earth and Environmental Science. “Restoring Greenways, Connecting Communities” The Center for Earth and Environmental Science has been awarded a Welcoming Campus Innovator grant for 2018/19 to support restoration efforts and community engagement along the White River corridor.
“Sustainable Agriculture in an Urban Environment” debuts in Lawrence. A room full of high school students . . . . bags of soil waiting patiently by an X-ray Fluorescence analyzer . . . . a vermicompost bucket brim-full of red wigglers and nutrient-rich castings (aka “worm poo”) . . . . time to do some… Read more »
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Sponsors Summer Pollinator Count Now Until July 22.
Students Get Creative Responding to Environmental Challenges. On May 11, students from Oaklandon, CFI-2 (Center for Inquiry School 2), SENSE (Southeast Neighborhood School of Excellence), and Paramount gathered at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis for a special event. Throughout the school year, the students had been taking part in a special After School Science Club… Read more »
2/3 of World’s Bird Species Found in a Single Day. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 2018 has been declared the Year of the Bird. Many avian-related events are planned throughout the year to celebrate this milestone.
Shelby Gills named 2017/2018 CEES Outreach Assistant of the Year! The Center for Earth and Environmental Science’s first (ever) Outreach Assistant of the Year Award was bestowed on Shelby Gills during a ceremonious ceremony that took place during the Center’s end-of-spring-term picnic on May 6.