Betsy Mortensen


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4 UConn students share recycling facts on posters outside a football stadium.

UConn Earns High Marks in Global Sustainable University Ratings

GreenMetric releases global higher education sustainability rankings for 2023

Students holding climate protest signs in a march.

UConn Students Attend March to End Fossil Fuels in NYC

Amanda Stowe '26 (CAHNR) reports from the March to End Fossil Fuels, alongside 75,000 other climate activists.

portrait of Joe Fullerton

Joe Fullerton Appointed Director of the UConn Office of Sustainability

Fullerton will continue UConn’s institutional legacy of sustainability and further advance UConn’s national and international leadership in sustainability and the environment.

People tending urban vegetable gardens.

Graduate Students Awarded Multidisciplinary Environmental Research Funding

The Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, in collaboration with the Institute of the Environment, support seven student projects.

Students tour a green roof at UConn.

UConn Ranked in Top 10 Most Sustainable Universities

UConn recognized as a top-performing institution by the Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) and UI GreenMetric World University Rankings