Category Archives: ecology

Agroecology in Southern IL: Week Two Notes from the Field

Posted on June 16, 2013 by

This guest post is from Roosevelt University Sustainability Studies major Allison Breeding, who was awarded a National Science Foundation-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) fellowship this summer at Southern IL University. This is the second installment of weekly blogs this … Continue reading →

Posted in water, food, biodiversity, students, conservation, wildlife, agriculture, Roosevelt, research, ecology, science | 1 Comment

SUST Major Allison Breeding Studies Agroecology this Summer in Southern IL

Posted on June 6, 2013 by

This guest post is from Roosevelt University Sustainability Studies major Allison Breeding, who was awarded a National Science Foundation-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) fellowship this summer at Southern IL University. This is the first installment of weekly blogs this … Continue reading →

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Urban Biodiversity Week Starts Today! (May 13-19)

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

Appropriately enough as the summer semester begins here at RU, Illinois is celebrating Urban Biodiversity Week starting today, May 13th, and running through Sunday, May 19th. As noted on the Millenium Reserve page on the State of IL website: Please … Continue reading →

Posted in activities, biodiversity, conservation, ecology, events, parks and public land, restoration, water, wildlife

RU Schaumburg’s Community Garden Garners Media Coverage

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

Soon after RUrbanPioneers expanded and enriched the Roosevelt’s Community Garden at the Schaumburg Campus during Earth Week on two “Soil Service” Saturdays in April, this excellent article by RU’s own Laura Janota appeared in this week’s Daily Herald, the main … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, community, ecology, food, news, Roosevelt, service, suburbs, waste | 4 Comments

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 →

Posted in biodiversity, conservation, courses, ecology, field trips, parks and public land, restoration, Roosevelt, science, students

Call for Submissions: RU Science and Math Symposium
 (Apr 19)

Posted on March 16, 2013 by

Roosevelt University’s Department of Biological, Chemical and Physical Sciences will hold its second annual Science and Math Symposium on Friday, April 19. This year’s theme is Sustainable Science, emphasizing both research in and applications of the environmental sciences. We welcome … Continue reading →

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Do NSF-funded Research in Convergence Ecology at SIU

Posted on February 9, 2013 by

We learned of this great summer research opportunity for undergraduates via the AESS email list-serv. Many a environmental scientist these days cut their early research teeth on one of these “Research Experience for Undergraduates” fellowships (including SUST Prof. Mike Bryson, … Continue reading →

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