Elaina Hancock
Author Archive
State of the Water in Connecticut
With new climate and environmental concerns, Connecticut water experts are keeping tabs on this precious resource
September 20, 2022 | Elaina Hancock
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