Natural Resources & the Environment
Two UConn Researchers Among Authors of Fifth National Climate Assessment Report
Guiling Wang and Zhe Zhu explain how the gold standard of national climate reports gets put together - and why climate change isn't all doom and gloom
November 16, 2023 | Elaina Hancock
Trails and Active Living Program Expands Access to the Outdoors
A major initiative from UConn Extension, the UConn CT Trails Program is making it easier for wilderness explorers of all levels to hit the trails
September 25, 2023 | Mac Murray
Plants As a Tool for Roadside Contaminant Removal
Not a silver bullet, but these common invasive species can help clean up roadside contaminants
September 21, 2023 | Elaina Hancock
CAHNR Welcomes New Faculty Members for Fall 2023
This diverse cohort will bring new expertise and fresh perspectives to CAHNR’s thriving academic community
August 31, 2023 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Managing Roadside Forests One Video at a Time
UConn PhD student Durga Joshi is commercializing technology to better manage trees and the damage they can cause during extreme storms
August 29, 2023 | Jason Sheldon
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.
August 2, 2023 | Matt Engelhardt, Office of the Vice President for Research, and University Communications
Bumble, Blue, and Everything Between: UConn Student Spending Summer Studying Bees at Mansfield Hollow
'Working on a farm made me really realize how important bees were – if there was no food, and nothing for the bees to eat, nothing flowering, nothing of ours would grow'
August 1, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
$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
July 24, 2023 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Ph.D. Student Helps Protect Long Island Sound’s Marshes
With the Long Island Sound at particular risk, UConn researchers are using a method called thin layer placement to gradually increase marsh elevation
June 22, 2023 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
USDA Grant to Provide Career Opportunities, Sponsor CAHNR Students at UConn Waterbury and UConn Stamford
The CAHNR Fellows Program will connect undergraduate students from UConn Waterbury and UConn Stamford to scholarships, experiential learning, and career training in the fields of food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences
June 21, 2023 | Mac Murray, and Matt Engelhardt