Tag: Ann Wilkie

Environmental Science Students Explore Sustainability in Action at Experiential Learning Lab

by Mike Loizzo
March 27, 2025

Instead of sitting in a lecture hall, a group of UF students enrolled in Environmental Science Lab (EVS 3000L) spent the day surrounded by compost bins, a biodigester, and garden plots at the Experiential Learning Laboratory (ELL). Ann Wilkie, ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Ann Wilkie, Biodigester, BioEnergy And Sustainable Technology Lab, Biogas, Compost Cooperative And Gardens, Composting, Experiential Learning Lab, Research, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Sustainability

Fall: A season of discovery at the Experiential Learning Laboratory

by Mike Loizzo
December 23, 2024

The UF/IFAS Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences (SWES) Experiential Learning Laboratory (ELL) offers hands-on, practical experiences for undergraduate students. The ELL hosted more than 100 university and high school students during ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Ann Wilkie, BioEnergy And Sustainable Technology Lab, Experiential Learning Lab, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences

Compost Cooperative marks 15-years of sustainability, education, and community engagement

by Mike Loizzo
July 18, 2024

When Dr. Ann Wilkie created the UF Student Compost Cooperative (SCC) in 2009, her goal was to promote sustainability at the campus level. Over the next 15 years, the SCC grew to welcome the wider UF community. It also provided garden plots for ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, Work & Life
Tags: Ann Wilkie, BioEnergy And Sustainable Technology Lab, Compost Cooperative And Gardens, Composting, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Sustainability, UF Student Compost Cooperative

Experiential Learning Lab provides undergraduate students research opportunities

by Mike Loizzo
March 18, 2024

University of Florida students are immersing themselves in the hands-on study of soil, water, and ecosystem sciences in the Experiential Learning Lab (ELL). Dr. Ann Wilkie, research professor in the UF/IFAS department of soil, water, and ecosystem ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Ann Wilkie, BioEnergy And Sustainable Technology Lab, Experiential, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Sustainability, Undergraduate Research

Field trip to SWES Experiential Learning Lab gives high school students close-up look at science

by Mike Loizzo
February 18, 2024

When Gainesville High School teacher Sadie Matteucci wanted her students to learn more about the benefits of composting, she knew where to go. She took a group of environmental science students to Dr. Ann Wilkie’s lab at the University of ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Ann Wilkie, BioEnergy And Sustainable Technology Lab, Experiential Learning Lab, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, UF Student Compost Cooperative

Growing Green Minds: Professor Inspires Students to Cultivate Sustainability

by Mike Loizzo
October 18, 2023

Through its education outreach efforts, the UF/IFAS Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences (SWES) highlighted the important role students play as stewards of sustainability. Gainesville High School environmental science teacher Sadie ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Ann Wilkie, BioEnergy And Sustainable Technology Lab, Composting, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Sustainability, UF Student Compost Cooperative

Professor recognized for high-impact research

by Mike Loizzo
May 23, 2022

When it comes to conducting research that has high impact, Dr. Ann Wilkie has a distinctive skill set that leads to her participation in many interdisciplinary studies. For the second time in three years, Wilkie is a co-author on research the ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
Tags: Ann Wilkie, Research, Soil And Water Sciences

Columbia H.S. students explore UF Bioenergy and Sustainable Technology (BEST) Lab

by Mike Loizzo
April 11, 2022

Dr. Ann Wilkie, a research professor in the UF/IFAS soil and water sciences department, frequently welcomes groups to her Bioenergy and Sustainable Technology (BEST) Lab. Eager to share the work she and her students do at the lab, Wilkie also ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Ann Wilkie, BioEnergy And Sustainable Technology Lab, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil And Water Sciences Department

Bioenergy and Sustainable Technology Lab hosts environmental science class

by Mike Loizzo
February 23, 2022

About a dozen UF students filed out of a university passenger van on a chilly winter morning. The students in the environmental science lab class (EVS 3000L) came to the UF Energy Research and Education Park to learn about the Bioenergy and ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Ann Wilkie, BioEnergy And Sustainable Technology Lab, Biofuel, Environmental Science, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil And Water Sciences Department

Dr. Ann Wilkie awarded the 2021 VP Promise Award

by Mike Loizzo
December 14, 2021

Dr. Ann Wilkie, research professor of bioenergy and sustainable technology in the Soil and Water Sciences Department (SWSD), is the recipient of the 2021 VP Promise Award. Wilkie is the inaugural winner of the award, from the UF/IFAS Office ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Ann Wilkie, Matt Whiles, Robert Gilbert, Scott Angle, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil And Water Sciences Department, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, VP Promise Award

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