Sustainability
Graduate Students Awarded Multidisciplinary Environmental Research Funding
The Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, in collaboration with the Institute of the Environment, support seven student projects.
March 1, 2023 | Betsy Mortensen
Clues about the Northeast’s Past and Future Climate from Plant Fossils
The warmer, wetter, and homogeneous climate of the past may soon return for the eastern seaboard
February 28, 2023 | Elaina Hancock
UConn Grad Appointed Head of NOAA’s Ecosystems and Aquaculture Division
From Avery Point to a senior leadership role in the crucially important federal agency
February 27, 2023 | Elaina Hancock
An Emerging Agricultural Practice Offers New Promise for a Climate-Smart Future
'We can achieve the goal of climate-smart agriculture, and in the case of biochar, Connecticut is an ideal place for exploring and applying this approach'
February 20, 2023 | Elaina Hancock
Pharmacy Coolers at UConn Health: Everybody Wins
UConn Health reports drastic reductions in waste and expense in first year using reusable containers for cold transport of medications
February 13, 2023 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Yellow Evolution: Unique Genes Led to New Species of Monkeyflower
Research sheds light on a crucial area of evolution
February 10, 2023 | Kim Krieger
UConn, R/GA Ventures, CTNext Kick Off Venture Studio Addressing Climate Change
Six companies will create solutions across a range of critical areas of climate and sustainability
February 10, 2023 | Combined Reports
Mercury Helps to Detail Earth’s Most Massive Extinction Event
'It wasn't just one very bad day on Earth. The situation is much more complicated than people realized'
January 26, 2023 | Elaina Hancock
UConn Professor, Students Help Connecticut Towns Make Smart Energy Choices with SmartBuildings Program
'This is where people at UConn – researchers, professors, and even students – can really help communities'
January 19, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
Knowledge is Flowing: Connecting the Dots and Chipping Away at Modeling Uncertainty
'These two fields don't talk to each other much, but they can really help each other out'
January 19, 2023 | Elaina Hancock