Natural Resources & the Environment

Image of vast permafrost

Arctic Capillaries: An Eye-Opening Symptom in a Swiftly Changing Landscape

'We identified more than 1 billion individualized ice wedge polygons, and there are billions left to be mapped, but this is the first effort'

Chopping herbs to be included in a salad dressing during a competition held at the UCann Cook Camp at Gelfenbien Commons on July 18, 2019.

Plans for UConn’s Food Innovation Center Heat Up

With need confirmed by industry, the Food Innovation Center would aim to support new and existing businesses in the state

Horsebarn Hill taken by a drone

UConn Storrs Will Soon Welcome a New Home-grown, and Home-built, Classroom with an Iconic View

Built by UConn faculty, students, and staff from UConn Forest wood, this classroom showcases the many benefits of its surroundings

Female student in South Africa

‘Life-Changing’ Experiences at Home and Abroad

From a study abroad trip learning about wildlife in South Africa to an internship exposing Connecticut residents to UConn resources, Sarah Frances used her summer to the fullest

Class tree of 1895 in full bloom on the Great Lawn

UConn Storrs Campus Awarded Prestigious Arboretum Accreditation

'It is a special honor to be a steward of our campus landscapes'

A man hauls a large sea turtle onto a boat.

UConn Magazine: Net Worth

To save the sea turtles, says alum Jesse Senko, you first need to help the fishers whose very nets entangle them

A field north of W Lot on July 20, 2017.

Studying the Changing Landscape of Forest Management

UConn researchers are taking a humanities approach to understand what influences private landowners to make conservation and stewardship plans.

Dean Indrajeet Chaubey

Chaubey Reappointed as Dean of the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources

During his first term, Chaubey oversaw record growth at CAHNR in research, academics, and extension engagement

Students and UConn Extension faculty work at planting a rain garden next to the Dairy Bar.

Tending Your Garden: New Rain Garden Installation Offers Lessons in Local Impact

'This is really what it's about – the students learning an actual real-world thing that they can put their hands on, something that they can remember, and they can bring their families here and show them'

Young Building

CAHNR Establishes Collaborations with Indian Universities

The agreements allows the College, its students, and faculty to conduct research on a truly global scale