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Students gather in front of the new mural dedicated to urban pollinators.

November 8, 2022

Heritage Garden mural celebrates urban pollinators

UIC Heritage Garden summer interns create mural on display outside UIC Latino Cultural Center

A monarch butterfly released from the UIC Heritage Garden

December 7, 2020

UIC receives $1.8M from DOE to study effects of pollinator habitats at solar energy facilities

UIC’s Energy Resources Center, UIC-ERC, will receive $1.8 million over a 3 year period, beginning in 2021.

November 11, 2020

Virtual Monarch Summit connects stakeholders, citizens to further protections for pollinators

UIC partners with energy companies, transportation agencies to protect monarch butterfly

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April 8, 2020

UIC leads largest nationwide effort to protect the monarch butterfly

Partnership with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service establishes conservation agreement

June 19, 2018

UIC-led partnership aims to help create, preserve monarch habitat

Boosting pollinator plant numbers to aid declining butterfly numbers