Loyola University Chicago
Institute of Environmental Sustainability
Degree Programs
Healing Earth
Healing Earth co-editors meet Pope Francis and accept Vatican award for innovative online textbook
IES Founding Dean Nancy Tuchman, PhD and Theology Professor Michael Schuck, PhD traveled to Rome to accept the Expanded Reason Award in the teaching category for their work on the Healing Earth textbook.
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Common Resources
New Facility
Explore the Institute of Environmental Sustainability
The new Institute of Environmental Sustainability at Loyola's Lake Shore Campus combines academics and research with sustainable agriculture and community living, all in one amazing facility. Tours are available for educational groups.
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Curriculum and Career Growth
New at IES: Take a look at our new four-course sequence in sustainability
Students taking our new Sustainability Assessment & Planning: Four-Course Sequence for Sustainability Professionals will learn the types of operations and activities that affect a company’s overall environmental impact. As a student, you’ll look about a broad range of impact areas - water, energy, waste, emissions, transportation, construction, food, and land – while measuring and tracking their current and future impacts for an organization.
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LUREC
Join us on Saturday, May 12, 2018 for our first-ever BioBlitz
Registration is now open! A BioBlitz is an effort to find as many species of various organisms as possible in a given area over a 24-hour period. Ecological experts gather together to lead teams who search for a specific set of organisms.
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Internship
Unique Summer Internship Opportunities
Apply for a unique internship with an IES partner organization. Our summer internships with the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and the Environmental Law and Policy Center are up. Applications are due May 3, 2018.
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Sustainability
IES Dean Tuchman named an eco-champion in Chicago's Make It Better magazine.
She's featured as one of the seven eco-champions bringing positive change and sustainability to Chicago and beyond.
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Research
EPA awards grant to Loyola University Chicago for innovative technology project
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $15,000 for a Phase I student team from Loyola University Chicago through the People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) grants program.
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Healing Earth
Loyola University Chicago’s innovative online textbook, Healing Earth, wins high honors from the Vatican
Healing Earth Co-Editor Michael Schuck shakes hands with Pope Francis. Drs. Schuck and Tuchman traveled to Rome to receive the Vatican's first-ever Expanded Reason Award.
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Annual Report
IES Annual Report: Celebrating 10 Years of STEP (Solutions to Environmental Problems)
2017 marks the 10-year anniversary of STEP and this report celebrates what has grown into a signature innovation lab for student learning and action.
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