It has been a busy time for education outreach at CEES, with more than 7300 people participating this past season. CEES activities have included summer weather camps, expansion of the Center’s Discovering the Science of the Environment program, a visit to the state fair, and various other outreach events.
Over 400 IUPUI students and faculty participated in CEES’s service learning program, working to maintain and restore natural areas at Eagle’s Crest, Starling Nature Sanctuary, Holliday Park, Sodalis Park, Oaklandon, Fall Creek, and the Lilly ARBOR. All photographs by V. Schmalhofer.
Beaver (Castor canadensis) have been an intermittant presence at the Lilly ARBOR since the forest restoration project was initiated seventeen years ago. There is plenty of evidence of past beaver activity. All photos by VR Schmalhofer.
Honeysuckle is a bane, and other things to learn about the environment. The service learning, research, and education efforts of CEES are featured in an article by Vanessa Richards in the Science and Technology section of News at IUPUI.
In May of 2016, a generous $400,000 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation permitted CEES to begin designing and building a mobile lab equipped with a variety of renewable energy technology. One year later, the new – as yet unnamed – unit made its debut at Brownsburg East Middle School.
Despite recent transitions at the Center, 2016 and 2017 have been a busy time for CEES. Here are a few highlights relating to the Center’s education and outreach efforts.
The Center for Earth and Environmental Science welcomed three new faces in 2016: Dr. Pierre-Andre Jacinthe (Director), Dr. Victoria Schmalhofer (Assistant Director), and Sam Ansaldi MaED (Education Specialist). Familiar faces are still to be found at the Center: Danielle Follette supervises the Edge of Field project, and Bob Barr continues as the Center’s expert on… Read more »
Summer Opportunity for Citizen Scientists! The buzz is all about bees – and other insects, too!
Hydrologic Cycles and Climate Change Workshop to be held this summer at IUPUI. Dr. Lixin Wang, a faculty member in Earth Sciences at IUPUI, has received an NSF grant to fund his research. As part of this grant, he is able to offer a great summer program for high school teachers that provides a unique… Read more »
Projects 7 and 8 have been rescheduled to Sunday April 9.