Category Archives: publications

SUST 220 Class Explores Busse Woods, Examines Salt Creek and Busse Lake

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

In the Roosevelt University seminar SUST 220 Water,  Professor Mike Bryson guides students through evaluations of water quality and water sustainability issues through the analysis of local, regional, and global case studies. The local dimension is explored through a series … Continue reading →

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Professor Carl Zimring Publishes Article on History of Automobile Shredders in Technology and Culture

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

The July 2011 edition of Technology and Culture features an article Sustainability Studies co-founder Professor Carl Zimring wrote about the history of the automobile shredder. The article (available to Roosevelt University students via the library’s databases and through Project MUSE … Continue reading →

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Professor Mike Bryson Publishes Essay On Leonard Dubkin, Chicago Urban Nature Writer

Posted on February 25, 2011 by

Professor Mike Bryson has published “Empty Lots and Secret Places,” in the Winter 2011 issue of Interdisciplinary Studies of Literature and the Environment, the first scholarly treatment of Chicago author Leonard Dubkin.  Dubkin wrote about the city’s natural history decades … Continue reading →

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RU Graduate Student and College of Professional Studies Alum Valencia Montgomery Publishes Article in Environmental Nutrition

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

Valencia Montgomery, a 2010 graduate of Roosevelt’s College of Professional Studies (BPS Psychology) and currently a graduate student in Roosevelt’s clinical professional psychology program, has just published an article in the January 2011 issue of Environmental Nutrition. Entitled “Pick Blueberries for … Continue reading →

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Professor Mike Bryson Writes “Sustaining Sustainability” Article About Roosevelt’s Sustainability Efforts

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

The Fall 2010 edition of Roosevelt Review features an article Sustainability Studies co-founder Professor Mike Bryson wrote about sustainability at Roosevelt in general and in the Sustainability Studies curriculum in particular. In the article, titled “Sustaining Sustainability,” he argues that … Continue reading →

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“Creating the Sustainable City”: Professors Mike Bryson and Carl Zimring Publish Article on Green Learning

Posted on September 26, 2010 by

Those interested in learning about the origins of the Sustainability Studies program at Roosevelt University can check out the new journal article just published by program co-founders Michael Bryson and Carl Zimring. Their essay, entitled “Creating the Sustainable City: Building … Continue reading →

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Professor Mike Bryson Writes Article “Rediscover the Chicago River” in Mindful Metropolis

Posted on June 6, 2010 by

Last month, Professor Mike Bryson wrote the cover article “Rediscover the Chicago River” for the magazine Mindful Metropolis.  He calls the river “a once-natural waterway that humans have thoroughly transformed. Dredged, straightened, polluted and famous for having its flow reversed … Continue reading →

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