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Director Tomas Hook takes the helm at Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
Tomas Höök has taken the lead as director of Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, managing program administration at Purdue University after the transition from University of Illinois. Höök, who has been with...
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IISG Knauss fellow helps connect ocean science and policy in the House of...
Denise Devotta at the graduation ceremony for the John A. Knauss Fellowship class of 2017. Last year, Denise Devotta was selected as a John A. Knauss Fellow, an opportunity for a unique educational...
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IISG is seeking motivated students for 2018 summer internships
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant announces the following positions for the 2018 Summer Student Internship Program. Successful applicants will spend 12 weeks working closely with a Sea Grant specialist on...
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New IISG assistant director brings oceans of experience to the program
Drawing on the rich Sea Grant talent pool around the country, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) welcomes our newest addition, Stuart Carlton, as the program’s assistant director. Previously a healthy...
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Microfibers are in the food web in three Lake Michigan rivers
As you dine on locally-caught fish, you probably aren’t thinking of that old acrylic sweater or fleece jacket that you wear and wash frequently. But it turns out that they may be on your plate....
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Help us make our website better!
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant will be giving its website a makeover soon and we would appreciate you throwing in your two cents. To serve you, the public, better, we are asking for input on how well our...
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We are looking for someone to lead our outreach team
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant is hiring a new outreach program leader to help connect our outreach specialists, scientists, and communities, with the goal of improving ecological, economic, and societal...
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Analysis: Most microplastic harm done at lowest levels of food web
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University scientists led a comprehensive analysis of research concerning the effects of microplastics on aquatic life, with the results showing widely different impacts...
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Microplastic pollution researchers recruit a team of student scientists
Rachel McNeish oversees the implementation of the IISG-funded microplastic assessment project with help from a team of students. University research projects often include an opportunity for a few...
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Students are welcomed aboard the Lake Guardian research vessel
Not every day do students board a ship and learn about the research conducted out on Lake Michigan. Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) Community Outreach Specialist Kristin TePas recently organized...
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Small research grants available: Applications due July 23, 2018
The Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program (IISG) has limited funds to invest in promising research projects relevant to southern Lake Michigan and surrounding coastal communities. For 2018, IISG...
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Emerging contaminants lead to emerging ideas
Gillian Flippo is interning with Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) as a recent graduate of Butler University with a bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology and Society. I am a native of Chicago, and...
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IISG outreach assistant Lisa Kim is our 2019 Knauss finalist
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) is pleased to announce Lisa Kim as a Knauss Fellowship finalist for the Class of 2019. A master’s student at Loyola University in Chicago, Kim studies biology under...
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Students connect with Grand Calumet River through stewardship and science
There was an infectious buzz of excitement as 31 fourth-grade students scrambled from one riverbank education station to the next for Grand Calumet River Stewardship Day. Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant...
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IISG wins a 2018 APEX Award for tick-borne disease prevention tool
Due to an increase in insect-borne diseases in Illinois, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) has been working towards informing natural resource professionals about how they can protect themselves when...
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Nearshore buoys deployed off Waukegan and Winthrop Harbor
Photo credit: Ed Verhamme, LimnoTech, Inc. Lake Michigan now has two new buoys that monitor lake conditions in real-time. Placed about a mile offshore in Illinois waters—close to Waukegan and Winthrop...
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Intern focuses on remediation, restoration, revitalization
Victoria Wallace is interning with Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) as a recent graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.S. in Integrative Biology and a B.A. in Global...
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Nationwide rain garden app now includes Indiana plants
A smartphone app named “Rain Garden,” designed to help people plan and build rain gardens across America, is now customized with a specialized list of plants suited for Indiana. Through video...
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Lake Michigan anglers boost local Illinois and Indiana economies
The economic impact of the Illinois and Indiana Lake Michigan recreational fishery on the local economy was more than $44 million in 2015, according to Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) research....
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Fishing may lead to rapid changes in Great Lakes fish
Angler catches yellow perch nearshore on Lake Michigan. (Purdue University Photo/Sarah Stein) Evolution is often viewed through the lens of thousands of years. But it may have taken humans only a...
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