Climate change
“Don’t Mess With Mansfield” Clean-Up Event on Saturday
The University of Connecticut and the Town of Mansfield are teaming up for a community cleanup day on Saturday, Nov. 16
UConn and Fort Hays State University Compete in Werth Innovation for Sustainability Challenge
Both teams presented compelling projects focused on compost solutions
Microbial Slime: The Ultimate System to Understand Our Planet
'These biofilms are just remarkable. They may be the ultimate system to study to understand our planet'
Water Research Foundation Awards Top Honor to UConn Engineering Professor
McCutcheon intends to use the award to broaden the application of his manufacturing approach to other materials of interest to the membrane science community
UConn Reads Announces ’24-’25 Selection: ‘All We Can Save’
A collection of provocative and illuminating essays from women on the front lines of climate change
UConn, EPA Launch Regional Environmental Justice Center
The Environmental Protection Agency is backing UConn’s initiative through a $10 million federal grant
Electric, Hybrid Buses Coming to UConn as Next Generation of Clean Transit
The electric buses produce no tailpipe emissions and provide all the features that today’s students need for a comfortable and productive ride
A Peculiar Algae with Significant Potential
Weird aspects of a big, cactus-shaped algae could be useful for things like coral reef conservation and regenerative biology while teaching us about how organisms coped with past climatic changes
UConn and Eversource Host Third Annual Sustainable Clean Energy Summit
Gene Rodrigues, U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Electricity, served as keynote speaker
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'