Natural Resources & the Environment
Plants As a Tool for Roadside Contaminant Removal
Not a silver bullet, but these common invasive species can help clean up roadside contaminants
CAHNR Welcomes New Faculty Members for Fall 2023
This diverse cohort will bring new expertise and fresh perspectives to CAHNR’s thriving academic community
Managing Roadside Forests One Video at a Time
UConn PhD student Durga Joshi is commercializing technology to better manage trees and the damage they can cause during extreme storms
Connecticut and UConn are Leaders in Clean Energy and Sustainability
Our leaders, innovators, and scholars have worked tirelessly to drive progress in sustainability, moving us toward independence from fossil fuels and steeling our power grid against severe weather and other risk factors.
Bumble, Blue, and Everything Between: UConn Student Spending Summer Studying Bees at Mansfield Hollow
'Working on a farm made me really realize how important bees were – if there was no food, and nothing for the bees to eat, nothing flowering, nothing of ours would grow'
$5M Google.org Grant Uses AI to Track Permafrost Thaw
As part of an international team, UConn remote sensing expert Chandi Witharana helps expand Permafrost Discovery Gateway
Ph.D. Student Helps Protect Long Island Sound’s Marshes
With the Long Island Sound at particular risk, UConn researchers are using a method called thin layer placement to gradually increase marsh elevation
USDA Grant to Provide Career Opportunities, Sponsor CAHNR Students at UConn Waterbury and UConn Stamford
The CAHNR Fellows Program will connect undergraduate students from UConn Waterbury and UConn Stamford to scholarships, experiential learning, and career training in the fields of food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences
Mapping Connecticut’s Understory from Outer Space
UConn researchers have performed one of the largest understory species mapping projects to date, and the findings are both surprising and promising
Clean Energy & Sustainability Innovation Program Submission Finalists
The Clean Energy & Sustainability Innovation Program submission finalists have been announced