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Tagged: Melissa Lenczewski

Sustainability center gains momentum

Biologists Holly Jones and Wes Swingley win NSF grant awards

  • August 31, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. —  The planned Northern Illinois Center for Community Sustainability (NICCS) continues to gain momentum, with new faces on campus who will help heighten its profile and faculty affiliates…

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‘A failure of epic proportions’

Flint’s water crisis runs deeper under the surface, NIU professors say

  • February 4, 2016
Debate is raging on Capitol Hill this week as lawmakers seek to assign blame for the crisis in Flint, Mich., that allowed lead-contaminated water to flow to thousands of residents….

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Prairie state of mind

For NIU students, Nachusa Grasslands is a 3,500-acre living laboratory

  • November 30, 2015
World-renowned for its restoration strategies, the Nachusa Grasslands preserve near Dixon, Ill., just a 45-minute drive from the NIU campus, provides a rare and stunning reminder of what the “Prairie…

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The problem with plastic

NIU environmentalist Melissa Lenczewski gives her take on ubiquitous shopping bags

  • June 15, 2015
Some people think it’s imperative to keep a flashlight in the car. Others never leave behind an umbrella. For NIU geology professor Melissa Lenczewski, it’s reusable bags. You won’t catch…

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Fewer antibiotics in your McNuggets is a good thing …

NIU researcher says fewer drugs in animal feed means fewer ‘super bugs’ in our water

  • March 11, 2015
To understand the significance of last week’s announcement from McDonald’s – the fast food giant is phasing out the sale of chickens raised using feed laced with the same antibiotics…

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Drilling into complexities of fracking in Illinois

  • January 28, 2015
After years of debate and study, horizontal hydraulic fracturing, the controversial oil and natural gas drilling method more commonly known as fracking, is expected to begin in southern Illinois this…

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