Sustainability

Man hold banana peel near dumpster

Much Ado About Waste: Meet UConn Environmental Economist Jackson Somers

One community's trash is a UConn researcher's treasure

Pine trees along a rocky island shoreline.

Marine Sciences Professor Craig Tobias Hired as NERR Director

Marine Science professor applies expertise in coastal ecosystems and biogeochemistry to one of the East Coast’s critical habitats

Landscape at Savin Rock, West Haven, CT, USA showing the outcropping and the neighboring beach

Shoreline Restoration Project Comes Alive Through UConn’s Eco-Digital Storytellers Program

A team of West Haven High School students is working with UConn to tell environmental stories and find solutions for their community

UConn Health campus on January 8, 2024, captured by drone. (Ethan Giorgetti/UConn Health Photo).

Gov. Lamont Launches Pilot Program at UConn Health Using Innovative Technology to Reduce Carbon Footprint and Deliver Substantial Energy Cost Savings

Newest energy solution deployed at UConn Health’s Child Care Center building in pilot funded by Connecticut Innovations.

Yangchao Luo of the Department of Nutritional Sciences in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources works in a laboratory in the Advanced Technology Laboratory

An Environmentally Friendly Way to Turn Seafood Waste into Value-added Products

'We are hoping we can turn this trash into a treasure'

John Cooley, assistant professor-in-residence of ecology & evolutionary biology, poses with a jar of cicada specimens currently kept in UConn's Biodiversity Research Collections

Rediscovered Photos, an Unlabeled Jar Full of Cicadas, and an App

New data recently emerged that helps fill in some gaps in UConn’s long and ongoing legacy of studying these unique insects

Trees in autumn

The Many Lives of the UConn Forest

The UConn Forest consists of 2,100 acres of living laboratory and a natural classroom supporting academic, research, sustainability, and outreach programs

Alumnus Bryan Paganini stands in front of some of the equipment used by his sustainability-focused company, Quantum Biopower.

UConn Alum to Discuss Bold Changes, Perseverance in Addressing Sustainability Challenges

March 1 Sustainability Summit, features President Radenka Maric, other industry experts, changemakers; registration now open

Vibrant and healthy coral reef ecosystem in the crystal clear waters of Red Sea, Egypt

A New Tool to Skillfully Predict Marine Habitat Shifts

Accurate predictions become increasingly important in a changing climate to help build resilience for marine ecosystems

Open water ice formations

UConn Researchers Studying Multi-Year Arctic Sea Ice Before It Is Gone

'When you see something happening so fast, and know that we caused, it's a rude awakening'