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Climate Commitment Action Plan 2024: UIC's roadmap to a just climate future

Dec 16, 2024 11:15 am

Developed through an equitable and inclusive process, the University of Illinois Chicago's updated Climate Commitment Action Plan (CCAP 2024) leverages both the university’s Strategic Priorities and its unique position to advance climate action to achieve a just climate future for its campus, city, and beyond.
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UIC Center for Climate & Health Equity to study public health implications of climate change

Dec 3, 2024 12:30 pm

The University of Illinois Chicago's Center for Climate & Health Equity will study the public health implications of climate change and look at nature-based intervention at a new research center backed by the federal government. The center will receive $4 million over three years from the National Institutes of Health for the work.
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UIUC researchers reducing pollution, increasing nutrients in fields and waterways

Nov 18, 2024 10:15 am

Researchers at Illinois Extension are working to create a sustainable and budget-friendly solution to water runoff that contains high amounts of phosphorus. The goal of this field study is to figure out if farmers could prevent excess phosphorus in downstream waterways, and also recycle that phosphorus as a slow-release fertilizer in a cost-effective way.
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UIC's CROCUS project empowers communities facing effects of climate change

Nov 11, 2024 10:00 am

The Community Research on Climate and Urban Science project, or CROCUS, deploys advanced sensors around Chicago to study the influence of trees and skyscrapers on the city's climate and then meets with communities to understand their most urgent problems and questions.
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A conversation with Madhu Khanna, director of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE)

Nov 5, 2024 12:00 pm

Topics include creating a circular bioeconomy, research about corporate social responsibility, and the impact that digital technology has had on central Illinois farms and farmers.
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UIUC's iSEE lands $10M donation for climate-smart bioeconomy center

Oct 21, 2024 4:30 pm

The Levenick Center for a Climate-Smart Circular Bioeconomy, named after donors Stuart and Nancy Levenick, will aim to reduce the use of fossil fuels and synthetic chemicals in food production and processes in favor of technological and biological solutions to restore and regenerate natural systems.
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UIC joins Dept. of Energy initiative to design next-gen batteries

Sep 30, 2024 1:00 pm

The University of Illinois Chicago will join a new Department of Energy initiative uniting researchers from three national laboratories and 12 universities to pursue cleaner, safer and longer-lasting battery technologies. The collaboration will explore the scientific foundations in electrochemistry and materials science that enable breakthroughs in energy storage.
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International partnership fuels transportation equity, EV buy-in

Sep 30, 2024 1:00 pm

Leading the way in addressing climate challenges, the U of I System ensures faculty and students experience international collaborations to help better society while also creating a globally focused workforce.
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UIUC to show Skokie businesses better environmental practices

Sep 23, 2024 4:30 pm

Skokie businesses are getting the benefit of some advice from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on how to make their businesses more environmentally friendly, thanks to a partnership between the village of Skokie and the university.
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UIUC study identifies best bioenergy crops for sustainable aviation fuels by U.S. region

Jul 29, 2024 4:30 pm

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers analyzed the financial and environmental costs and benefits of four biofuels crops used to produce sustainable aviation fuels in the U.S. They found that each feedstock — corn stover, energy sorghum, miscanthus or switchgrass — performed best in a specific region of the rainfed United States.
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