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 »
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!
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.
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 »
Dr. Brian Plankis, a major contributor to CEES’ educational outreach programs, has made environmental education his life’s work. Brian was initially impassioned for science by his 7th grade science teacher, Mr. Bill King who taught at Culver Community High School.
Elizabeth Johnson, previous Education Outreach Coordinator for CEES, is taking on a new endeavor. Elizabeth has accepted to be a Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellow through the University of Indianapolis! Congratulations to Elizabeth!
Collaborative blog by Jenna Gatzke & Amber Rollings. For the past year, CEES’ educational outreach team has been working with a total of six schools in both Indianapolis and Eldoret, Kenya (funding appreciably provided by Dow AgroSciences).
Guest blog submitted by Kira Wiseman. Kira is a recent graduate of the B.S. Environmental Science program. Kira helps in data entry and water sampling processes in order to facilitate cyanobacteria research. Essential research is being conducted in Indiana, amongst other states, to better understand cyanobacteria species and what causes the production of cyanotoxins. The… Read more »
For those of you that have not heard yet, on July 1st Governor Pence signed an Executive Order Proclamation making July 2015 Lakes Appreciation Month in Indiana!
Here at CEES, we are lucky to have great IUPUI undergraduate and graduate students that assist us in carrying out our mission. This past Spring Semester, we had 19 driven students! Here is a short summary of their efforts and some links to their work.