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Get Dirty, Grow Food, Get Credit this Summer at RU

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

In conjunction with the dramatic expansion of Roosevelt’s RUrbanPioneers Community Garden in Schaumburg this spring, the Sustainability Studies Program is offering an innovative hybrid section of its most popular course, SUST 230 Food, that will feature a first-ever opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Last Workday this Spring at the Chicago Lights Urban Farm for SUST 350

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

Yesterday, May Day 2013, was the final workday of the spring semester for the students in SUST 350 Service & Sustainability at the Chicago Lights Urban Farm on Chicago’s Near-North Side. We worked hard and had lots of fun — … Continue reading →

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This Summer, Study Food in Schaumburg and Biodiversity in Chicago

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

This summer, the SUST Program at Roosevelt is offering two innovative hybrid courses that meet on five Saturdays + online through Blackboard. Both are taught by popular SUST professor Maris Cooke. Register now to reserve your spot! SUST 230 Food … Continue reading →

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RU Reforesting Plans Conservation Work in Tanzania this May

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

This guest post is from Roosevelt University Sustainability Studies major and Environmental Science minor Nicole Burns. Kudos to this student-faculty effort at combining environmental science education with international forest/biodiversity conservation. I am in RU biology professor Norbert Cordeiro’s Conservation Biology … Continue reading →

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“Scrappers” Film Screening at RU in Schaumburg on Apr 2

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

The RU community is invited to join the students of Prof. Mike Bryson’s SUST 210 The Sustainable Future class for two Tuesday film screenings on contemporary environmental justice issues. Both films will be shown in room 704 at RU’s Schaumburg … Continue reading →

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SUST 210 Students Blog about Schaumburg’s Sustainable Future

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

This week kicks off a semester’s worth of blogging by undergraduate students in Prof. Mike Bryson’s SUST 210 The Sustainable Future class, taught as a cross-listed Online/Schaumburg Campus class. The 24 students in the course will post 2-3 blog essays … Continue reading →

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SUST 220: Water (Course Preview)

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

This spring semester the SUST program is offering SUST 220 Water, one of the core 200-level courses in the Sustainability Studies curriculum, in a special hybrid format at the Schaumburg Campus. Taught by Mike Bryson, Associate Professor and SUST Program … Continue reading →

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SUST Courses Available for Spring 2013 at RU

Posted on January 2, 2013 by

The SUST program is offering a full slate of courses for the Spring 2013 semester at the Chicago and Schaumburg Campuses as well as online. These classes begin Monday, January 28th — two weeks after the initial start of the … Continue reading →

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SUST Courses Available for Spring 2013 at RU

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

The SUST program is offering a full slate of courses for the Spring 2013 semester at the Chicago and Schaumburg Campuses as well as online. These classes begin Monday, January 28th — two weeks after the initial start of the … Continue reading →

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SUST Graduates Grace the Auditorium Building’s Historic Stage at Last Friday at Roosevelt

Posted on December 18, 2012 by

Last Friday marked the graduation of several Sustainability Studies majors at Roosevelt: Alexandra Bishay, Jessie Crow Mermel, Kenton Franklin, Keith Nawls, Jeff Wasil, and Joe Zambuto. These former undergraduates walked across the famed Auditorium Theater stage in downtown Chicago to … Continue reading →

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