Category Archives: faculty

Biodiversity, Research, and Education at the Field Museum (Updated 23 May 2013)

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

Back in September of 2012, Roosevelt University SUST major Kristina Lugo* and SUST professor Mike Bryson participated in an biodiversity education planning session at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History, led by museum botanist and adjunct curator Dr. Matt von … 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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SUST Prof Mike Bryson Speaks at JJC for Earth Month (Th Apr 25)

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

As part of Joliet Junior College’s Earth Month event series, RU professor Mike Bryson gives an invited lecture entitled “Sustainability in the Suburbs” on Thursday, April 25th, at noon. The presentation is free and open to the public, and lunch … Continue reading →

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Sustainability Studies Professor Brad Hunt Publishes New Book, “Planning Chicago”

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

Sustainability Studies faculty member D. Bradford Hunt has just published a new book entitled Planning Chicago, co-authored with Jon B. DeVries, head of Roosevelt’s Real Estate Program, and published by the American Planning Association. Planning Chicago traces the work of … Continue reading →

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SUST Majors Represent RU at the 2013 Chicago River Student Congress

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

This past Feb. 23rd, students from this year’s SUST 220 Water classes at RU (both fall and spring) joined Prof. Mike Bryson at the Chicago River Student Congress, convened annually by the environmental conservation organization Friends of the Chicago River. … Continue reading →

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RU Community Encouraged To Join AASHE

Posted on February 2, 2013 by

SUST at RU gladly shares this message to the RU community from the Environmental Sustainability Initiative in the university’s department of Physical Resources. AASHE is a phenomenal resource for faculty, students, and staff! (Prof. Mike Bryson recently gave a presentation … Continue reading →

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Dispatches from Uganda: Threats to Habitat, Biodiversity, and Sustainability — and Discoveries of Giant Rabbits!

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

Julian Kerbis Peterhans, a professor of natural science and sustainability studies in RU’s College of Professional Studies and an adjunct curator of mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, is spending a year as a Fulbright Scholar … Continue reading →

Posted in biodiversity, conservation, energy, ethics, faculty, museums, parks and public land, water, wildlife

Protected: SUST Faculty Candidate Presentations (Feb 5, 7, and 11)

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

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Presentation at RU on Climate Change, Sustainability, and Economics (Jan 29)

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

Next Tuesday, Jan. 29th, Roosevelt University’s Economics Department will host a presentation by Jonathan Cogliano, of The New School for Social Research, entitled Approaching the Macroeconomics of Climate Change: Sustainability and Limits to Growth. Mr. Cagliano is a PhD candidate … 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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