IISG in the News: Conservation by Design
In Purdue University’s Agriculture Magazine: A big house on a few acres in the country sounds like the American dream—and it has been in recent decades, as urban sprawl became…
6th Grade teacher uses workshop experience to train student scientists
…observers for CoCoRaHS – the “Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network” – which is a volunteer network of weather watchers throughout the country. The project was even featured in…
IISG Aquaculture Specialist Honored for Leadership, Innovation
IISG aquaculture marketing specialist Kwamena Quagrainie has been awarded the Distinguished Early Career Award by the U.S. Aquaculture Society (USAS). USAS recognizes individuals involved in aquaculture for less than 10…
Buoy temperature chain dances to the data
2016 top-to-bottom temperatures in nearshore #LakeMichigan, data recorded by the @ILINSeaGrant #MichiganCityBuoy and visualized by @PurdueCE pic.twitter.com/5wBRYiJY9i — Two Yellow Buoys (@TwoYellowBuoys) January 20, 2017 Our Michigan City buoy has…
Summer intern works on getting the word out about waste reduction
John Saltanovitz, currently a senior at Purdue earning a bachelor’s degree in Natural Resources and Environmental Science, worked this past summer as a sustainable communities outreach intern with IISG’s Kara…
Sea Grant staff take to the sea for research
Community outreach specialist Kristin TePas rinses a PONAR dredge used to collect sediment containing benthic organisms. IISG staff members Paris Collingsworth and Kristin TePas are sailing on the research…
Urbana fourth grade class engages in some fish talk
Alex Valencic’s fourth-grade class may be several hours away from Lake Michigan, but the lake and its issues are still front-and-center. Students here spent part of September digging into the…
In the News: UN Reaches Landmark Agreement to Reduce Global Mercury Pollution
From the Environmental News Network: Representatives from more than 140 countries today committed to reduce global mercury pollution, which will help protect the world’s citizens from the dangerous neurotoxin. This…
SeaPerch contest winners get their robots up and running
…even considering partnering up to start an after-school club that will compete in the national SeaPerch Challenge. With these six teachers now using SeaPerch, there is also a possibility that they…