The Illinois Science and Technology Coalition recently announced its annual list of Researchers to Know for 2024, and four Illinois Institute of Technology faculty members have been recognized—setting...
CHICAGO—February 13, 2024—A groundbreaking research initiative led by Weslynne Ashton, professor of environmental management and sustainability at Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech), has...
A research project led by Illinois Institute of Technology Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability Weslynne Ashton has received a $1 million grant from the United States Department of...
Chicagoans send about 450,000 tons of wasted food to the landfill every year, and a new city push to make composting easier for residents is a new, if small, step to reducing food waste. The city’s...
Community Food Mobilization in Chicago (CFMOB), a group of community organizations, civic partners, and academic researchers led by Illinois Institute of Technology Associate Professor Weslynne Ashton...
In the early 2000s Institute of Design Associate Professor Laura Forlano researched community wireless networks, the early, hyperlocal “Wi-Fi networks” created by cities and other municipalities. That...
In the United States, it’s estimated up to 40 percent of food produced is never eaten. Food is being wasted at every step of the food supply chain that connects farms to forks—from production to...
When the owners of a bakery in Chicago were looking for a source of energy to fire their ovens that would be environmentally sustainable and economically viable, two of the three options they were...
Stuart School of Business Associate Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability Weslynne Ashton received the Young Researcher Award for 2019 from the Advances in Cleaner Production...
Stuart Associate Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability Weslynne Ashton has collaborated with IIT Institute of Design (ID) Associate Professor Carlos Teixeira and Adjunct Professor...
