Sustainability
Five UConn Student Teams Innovating Decarbonization through a Competition Supported by Eversource Energy
The culmination of their efforts will be showcased at the 2024 Sustainable Clean Energy Summit on September 23
July 3, 2024 | Francesco Rouhana
Bracing for Impact: UConn, Partners to Improve Grid Resistance
The Department of Energy is awarding two significant grants to UConn, UAlbany, and other partners as institutions lend strengths to enhancing efforts to safeguard communities in the Northeast
July 2, 2024 | Matt Engelhardt
Worth Repeating: Carbon-Neutral UConn
Clean energy research is a pillar of our academic mission at UConn, and clean energy living is our responsibility to the next generation.
June 24, 2024 | Bret Eckhardt
Tech Park Getting Fuel Cell Upgrade
FuelCell Energy providing units to power entire Innovative Partnership Building.
June 24, 2024 | Matt Engelhardt
Landscape Wonders: UConn Researcher Develops Female-Only Northern Bayberry Propagation and Pint-Size Purple Sand Cherry
UConn professor of horticulture and plant breeding, Mark Brand, adds two new cultivars to a long list of innovative cultivars he has developed to keep Connecticut landscapes sustainable.
June 24, 2024 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
GreenerGov CT Awards UConn Health for its Sustainability Efforts
UConn Health has been honored with the 2024 Innovation Award from GreenerGov CT, a special distinction recognizing its exceptional public sector sustainability innovation.
June 7, 2024 | Combined Reports
Student-Led Sustainability Projects Funded by UConn Office of Sustainability
The Environmental and Social Sustainability Grants Program, run by the Office of Sustainability, awarded eight student teams working to elevate sustainability in Connecticut.
June 5, 2024 | Betsy Mortensen
Tending Your Garden: New Rain Garden Installation Offers Lessons in Local Impact
'This is really what it's about – the students learning an actual real-world thing that they can put their hands on, something that they can remember, and they can bring their families here and show them'
May 29, 2024 | Jaclyn Severance
Using Machine Learning to Model Dead Zones in Lakes
Models like this will become increasingly important as the climate changes
May 29, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
UConn Hosts Just Transitions Symposium
A multidisciplinary approach to addressing the climate crisis - and finding solutions
May 23, 2024 | Elaina Hancock