Sustainability
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.
New Preventative Treatment for Porcine Virus Could Save Billions for Farmers
Using AI, researchers hunted through millions of compounds to find a specific receptor, CD163, to stop cells from becoming infected
UConn and Bridgeport Partner for Greener Schools
'A great opportunity to strengthen our green energy and climate change research' while supporting Connecticut communities
$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
Greenland Melted Recently, Shows High Risk of Sea Level Rise Today
Long-lost ice core reveals that much of Greenland was green 416,000 years ago
UConn Selected to Lead Clean-Energy Project to Help U.S. Industries in Decarbonizing Efforts
'Investments in net-zero-carbon technologies and industry decarbonization can strengthen U.S. and Connecticut manufacturing competitiveness, which then creates new jobs and economic opportunities that improve quality of life'
Connecticut Sea Grant Project to Focus on Possible Contaminants in Coastal Waterways
The UConn researcher-led effort is part of a multistate effort to analyze pollutants in urban coastal areas along the East Coast
M.S. Student Brings More Accurate Soil Information to the Public
In collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Monique Michaud is standardizing soil data collection for scientists nationwide
Connecticut: Get Ready for CHEAPR e-bikes
A sustainable future needs sustainable transportation. Here, a CIRCA expert details an update to a program to us move toward that future
Research in a Place Where Geological Processes Happen Before Your Eyes
UConn researchers use ancient plant leaf wax – signatures for what happened millions of years ago -- to reconstruct the history of Taiwan's mountains