Sustainability
Designing a Lighter Fuel Cell with Higher Current Density
A team of UConn engineering researchers is working with Technology Commercialization Services to bring a tubular design of a fuel cell to market.
August 25, 2022 | Loretta Waldman, Special to the Office of the Vice President for Research
E-STEAM Ahead: CT High Schoolers to Become ‘Eco-Digital’ Storytellers Through Interdisciplinary Grant
An interdisciplinary group of UConn researchers is leading an effort to empower high school students to become "Eco-Digital" storytellers in their communities.
August 10, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
For Advance Drought Warning, Look to the Plants
UConn researchers find signals in vegetation can help forecast devastating 'flash' droughts
August 5, 2022 | Elaina Hancock
For Popular Trail, There’s Light at the End – and the Beginning, and the Middle – of the Tunnel
UConn students' Service Learning project will help make the Hop River Trail safer for the thousands of bikers and pedestrians who use it
July 12, 2022 | Jaclyn Severance
Algae Agreement Offers an Ocean of Research Possibilities
UConn's Technology Commercialization Services brokered an agreement with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Services to preserve an extensive collection of algae
July 12, 2022 | Loretta Waldman, Special to the OVPR
Master Gardener Program Supports Ecologically Sound Gardening at Hammonasset Beach State Park
From butterfly gardens to erosion control, UConn Extension Master Gardeners show there's much more to Hammonasset beach than surf and sand
July 11, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
How UConn Researchers Are Working to Solve the Nation’s Energy Problems
Researchers are working on developing next generation approaches to power stations, new materials, and heat exchangers
Recalling the Past to Shape the Future: A Podcast on Environmental Injustice
Recent graduate Meg Sanders ‘22 (CAHNR) created a podcast to show just how connected environmentalism is to other societal issues
June 16, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Herbarium Milestone: Preserving our Past, Present, and Future
'This is a record of the natural history of the state'
June 9, 2022 | Elaina Hancock
Reflecting on the Impact of Conservation Training Partnerships
While UConn’s unique Conservation Training Partnerships program has concluded its five-year run, the environmental projects it inspired and relationships it established continue to support Connecticut communities
June 7, 2022 | Jason Sheldon