About the Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy
We're dedicated to promoting understanding of the environment and the development of creative and effective solutions to environmental and sustainability issues. We strive to accomplish this by fostering interdisciplinary research, education and community engagement.
By integrating perspectives and methods from the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, technology and engineering, our innovative academic programs provide students with a range of learning and engagement opportunities. Our graduates will provide needed expertise to industry, government, NGOs and academic research in our region and throughout the nation.
The institute is a collaborative program with faculty from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, College of Health and Human Sciences, College of Business, College of Law and the School of Art. Other NIU unitsare joining the collaboration through team-taught courses and research programs.