Students Throughout Indiana Discover the Science of the Environment. This past spring, CEES’s Discovering the Science of the Environment (DSE) mobile STEM lab was in high demand around the state. The DSE team traveled 1409.2 miles, visiting 13 schools and delivering 30 programs to 1010 eager participants.
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.
Press Release from INPAWS: the Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society is sponsoring a Florathon to benefit Letha’s Youth Outdoors Fund. To celebrate its 25th Anniversary, the Indiana Native Plant & Wildflower Society (INPAWS) is trying something new! Florathon 2018 will see teams from all over the state venture out into our wild areas, state parks, and… Read more »
From the FaceBook page of March for Science Indianapolis: The City Nature Challenge is an effort for cities to find and document as much urban nature as possible by challenging residents to become citizen scientists: Residents are asked to explore their area (backyard, playgrounds, parks, etc.) for plants and bugs/animals, document their findings (take a… Read more »