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Celebrating 2024

The year 2024 sparked new ideas, programs, and adventures for the Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy community. As this memorable year comes to a close, we are taking a moment to revisit some of the ways our collective work in decarbonization, renewable energy, and sustainability came to life. Join us in looking back at the top stories of 2024!

Winter

• Great Lakes Project Selected to Receive up to $160 Million from NSF
• Celebrating a Decade of the Trienens Institute’s Undergraduate Sustainability and Energy Certificate

Spring

• Northwestern to Lead Midwestern Carbon-capture Hub
• Soaking Up Chicago’s Stormwater Pollution
• Sri Lanka’s Wetlands Are the ‘Lungs and Kidneys’ that Can Save Its Capital City from Floods

Summer

• Plastics at the Edge of the World
• Northwestern’s Class of 2024: Grads to Watch in Energy and Sustainability

Fall

• The Paula M. Trienens Institute Six Pillars of Decarbonization
• The Trienens Institute Capture Pillar
• New Faculty Explore the Effects of Climate Change on Architecture, Ecology, and Literature

 

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