Sustainability
Office of Sustainability Awards Environmental and Social Sustainability Grants to Student-Led Projects
Seven projects will increase environmental and social sustainability at UConn thanks to student ingenuity.
Scorecard for Safer Play: Athletic Field Assessment Form Updated for Mobile Use
Designed to support school grounds managers and assess the safety and quality of athletic fields, the new assessment tool measures a variety of factors that can influence the playing surface quality of the athletic field
Stocking Up on Snacks: How Phytoplankton Prepare for the Future
'They don't have brains, so how does this past information influence their performance?'
When Stressors Converge, How Will Our Forests Fare?
Two recent publications dig into the impacts of compounding factors threatening New England trees
Fool’s Gold: A Hidden Climate Stabilizer
“It's intriguing to see how Earth can recover from very severe past experiences that wiped out life on the planet”
Working to Understand Why Mercury Levels are so High in the Arctic
Researchers tackle a previously unexplored aspect of mercury at the air-sea interface
After 170 Years, Thoreau’s River Observations Inform Our Changing Climate
A then-and-now comparison of the timing of seasonal events helps translate the abstraction of climate change into the reality of actual life
Junior Named Key Into Public Service Scholar
Andy Zhang is also president of the Undergraduate Student Government and is involved in a number of environmental groups
Could an Endangered, Ancient Fish Make a Comeback in the Connecticut River?
Fish that swam next to the dinosaurs are once again appearing in CT waters
Sustainability Takes Flight in UConn’s Poultry Science Courses
'We are aiming to educate the next generation workforce to understand that food production is important but at the same time it should not come at the cost of losing our planet'