ISF News March 28, 2012
Setting off in the predawn gloaming of central Alaska, we were the sounds of swishing snow pants, crunching boots and cold puffs of breath. As sunrise gradually lightened the late November sky, we took visible shape: a single-file parade on a narrow white trail traveling west, deeper into Denali National Park and Preserve.
Read MoreISF News January 17, 2012
Dr. Aldrich’s paper titled “Post-Crisis Japanese Nuclear Policy: From Top-Down Directives to Bottom-Up Activism,” was published in the latest edition of the AsiaPacific Issue Series.
Read MoreISF News November 21, 2011
With the help of a federal grant, a Purdue University researcher is leading an effort to further an emerging area of scientific research. Bryan Pijanowski, a forestry and natural resources professor, is bringing together a team of scientists, musicians, psychologists and engineers to launch the Global Sustainable Soundscape Network.
Read MoreISF News November 8, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University’s Ecological Sciences and Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program is leading a campus-wide symposium on Tuesday and Wednesday (Nov. 8 and 9) to highlight the environmental issues of population growth.
Read MoreISF News November 7, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University researcher will lead a global natural soundscape network
Read MoreISF News October 14, 2011
President France A. Cordova and Federico Restrepo, CEO of Grupo Empresarial EPM (Empresas Publicas de Medellin), sign a memorandum of understanding that will facilitate collaborations in the areas of nanotechnology, water resources, environmental science and energy.
Read MoreISF News October 5, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The biofuel industry will not be able to meet the cellulosic production requirements of the Renewable Fuel Standard without significant advancements in technology or investment, according to a National Academy of Sciences study prepared for Congress.
Read MoreISF News October 5, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A team of Purdue University researchers has invented a prototype water-disinfection system that could help the world’s 800 million people who lack safe drinking water.
Read MoreISF News September 30, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers will use a portion of a $25 million grant to determine the potential of grasses as environmentally responsible bioenergy crops and to educate farmers and others about the findings.
Read MoreISF News September 23, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University’s annual Green Week kicks off Monday (Sept. 26) with an international sustainability symposium and a lecture by actor and eco-living advocate Ed Begley Jr.
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