
Elaina Hancock
Author Archive
Taking Care of Business, Sustainably, at UConn’s Spring Valley Student Farm
When nature calls, farm visitors will soon be able to answer sustainably, by using UConn’s first ADA-compliant composting privy
September 16, 2022 | Elaina Hancock
Ancient Dung Reveals Earliest Evidence for Animal Tending
The beginning stages of humanity's revolutionary turn from hunting and gathering to full-fledged farming and herding
September 15, 2022 | Alexia Smith, Associate Professor of Anthropology
A Darker Shade of Green: Understanding Ecofascism
A UConn expert explains how environmentalist ideas can be weaponized in pursuit of a fascist political agenda
September 7, 2022 | Elaina Hancock
COVID Rekindled an Appreciation of Nature for Many
An opportunity to rediscover why the great outdoors are so great in the first place
September 2, 2022 | Elaina Hancock
Swap, Don’t Shop: Sustainable Fashion is Coming to UConn
A secondhand clothing store, the first of its kind, is coming to the Storrs campus this fall to help students learn about, and counteract, fast fashion
August 31, 2022 | Elaina Hancock
Operation Bone Rescue!
How the Biodiversity Research Collections team sprang to action in a worst-case scenario
August 19, 2022 | Elaina Hancock
UConn Researcher Studying the Rise of Far-Right Groups for US Government
UConn's Evan Perkoski, an expert on political violence, discusses his research and recent events
August 18, 2022 | Elaina Hancock
Early JWST Survey Sheds New Light on the First Galaxies
New images of very old galaxies
August 9, 2022 | Elaina Hancock
For Advance Drought Warning, Look to the Plants
UConn researchers find signals in vegetation can help forecast devastating 'flash' droughts
August 5, 2022 | Elaina Hancock
Home Sweet Home: A Study of the ‘Chemical Soup’ in our Houses
Microbial traces of everything from coffee to antidepressants make up the invisible environment in our indoor spaces
July 1, 2022 | Elaina Hancock