Natural Resources & the Environment
CAHNR Celebrates Students, Donors at Annual Scholars Celebration
Hundreds of students and their families joined donors and CAHNR administration to celebrate achievement, generosity, and community
Extension Educators Launch School-Based Green Infrastructure Initiative
Supported by a $100,000 grant from the EPA, the program will partner with two CT school districts and three sustainable development organizations to bring hands-on projects to students and teachers
Thermal Refuges Help Trout Beat the Heat in Hot Weather
New research explores how cold-water fish handle extreme heat in Connecticut
Two UConn Researchers Among Authors of Fifth National Climate Assessment Report
Guiling Wang and Zhe Zhu explain how the gold standard of national climate reports gets put together - and why climate change isn't all doom and gloom
Trails and Active Living Program Expands Access to the Outdoors
A major initiative from UConn Extension, the UConn CT Trails Program is making it easier for wilderness explorers of all levels to hit the trails
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'