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Two-stage ditches reduce nitrogen pollution while draining farmfields

January 28, 2019, 8:35 am

Sara McMillan monitors nutrients in two-stage ditches along farmland near Purdue University. These floodplains grow rich with plant life. (Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Photo/Irene Miles) Waterways along...

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IISG expands funding on ‘Persistent Organic Pollutants on Microplastics’...

January 22, 2019, 11:38 am

The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center has released information about additional IISG funding for researcher John Scott to expand a microplastics research project to include per- and...

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Environmental Social Scientist Caitie Nigrelli featured in Christian Science...

January 22, 2019, 8:34 am

Caitie Nigrelli (right) and other scientists use nets to retrieve sediment and invertebrate samples from near the banks of the Grand Calumet River (Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Photo/Hope Charters)...

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Accepting applications for new IISG Faculty Scholars Program

January 15, 2019, 11:16 am

The Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program (IISG) Faculty Scholars Program is a professional networking and development opportunity to support faculty from institutes of higher learning in...

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Public comments sought for Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant review

December 20, 2018, 8:36 am

Deadline: January 29, 2019 The Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program will be reviewed Feb. 5-7, 2019, by a team convened by the National Sea Grant College Program. The review will be conducted at...

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2019 fellowship opportunities in community resiliency, marine sciences and...

December 18, 2018, 9:27 am

If you are a graduate student interested in combining your education and experience with policy, marine sciences or coastal community resiliency, consider applying for one, or even two, of these...

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Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant funds aquaculture, invasive species, pollution...

December 11, 2018, 7:35 am

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) is excited to announce the funding of five new Discovery Projects. These small, one-year projects help researchers achieve bigger and better things, such as larger...

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Coordinated Lake Michigan research focused on key management questions

December 6, 2018, 8:41 am

Researchers on the R/V Lake Guardian collect samples to study sediment from the lake bottom. (Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant photo/Allison Neubauer) Every five years, Lake Michigan is the focus of intense...

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Graduate student opportunities in aquatic ecology

December 5, 2018, 11:23 am

Purdue University’s Department of Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR) is now accepting applications for graduate student (PhD or MS) assistantships in aquatic ecology to work with FNR and...

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10 years of IISG-supported community medicine collection adds up to over...

November 26, 2018, 9:59 am

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant’s (IISG) leading-edge initiative to support local medicine collection programs is marking its 10-year anniversary. Over this time, IISG-supported community programs in four...

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IISG will fund Lake Michigan research: Submit your preproposal

November 20, 2018, 12:57 pm

The Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program (IISG) has up to $600,000 to invest in promising research projects relevant to southern Lake Michigan and surrounding coastal communities in northeast...

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AIS specialist steps into new role as IISG’s outreach program leader

November 8, 2018, 12:52 pm

After 20 years as an aquatic invasive species specialist, Pat Charlebois is taking on a leadership role in Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant’s outreach program. (Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Photo/Irene Miles)...

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Funds available to support collaborative research on Lake Michigan coastal...

November 1, 2018, 11:41 am

Special Joint Request for Proposals from Michigan, Illinois-Indiana and Wisconsin: Understanding and Communicating Coastal Hydrodynamics and Nearshore Sediment Transport Processes on Lake Michigan to...

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Job opportunity: aquaculture marketing extension specialist

November 1, 2018, 8:39 am

Are you serious about seafood? Fired up about fishes? Mad about marketing? If so, then Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant is looking for you! We are hiring an aquaculture marketing extension specialist to...

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Sea Grant efforts helped Sheboygan achieve an economic and environmental boost

October 30, 2018, 11:59 am

The Sheboygan River has become a popular place for recreation since the 2012 cleanup. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Nigrelli) Lately, Sheboygan is on the upswing. This city in Wisconsin that sits along...

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Weathering the Storms: How one team of Illinois researchers is addressing...

October 29, 2018, 11:13 am

(University of Illinois Photo/Abigail Bobrow) Many Chicago communities have issues with flooding after storms. Abigail Bobrow of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has written and photographed...

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Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant sponsors four new medicine collection programs

October 23, 2018, 9:15 am

Police officers, staff and volunteers collect unwanted medicine at take-back events. (Photo Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant / Sarah Zack) Improper disposal of unwanted medicine is both a public safety and...

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Purdue culinary leadership and local chefs take aquaculture tour

October 18, 2018, 1:45 pm

Purdue University chefs and local restaurant representatives get an up close look at farm-raised barramundi during a tour of Meador Farms in Cutler, Indiana, on June 23, 2018. (Photo Purdue University...

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Grant awarded to communicate natural lawn care practices in Illinois

October 17, 2018, 12:28 pm

URBANA, Ill. – Seven projects have been selected to receive funding in the 2018 Interdisciplinary Collaboration Extension (ICE) grant competition. ICE grants fund partnerships between University of...

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Zephyr Oil Refinery wetland near Michigan’s Muskegon River is cleaned up

October 16, 2018, 11:02 am

Caitie Nigrelli conducts a site visit at the former Zephyr Oil Refinery in Muskegon, Michigan, near the end of the excavation process on July 25, 2018. ⁦Contaminated sediment was placed on a drying pad...

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