Sustainability
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.
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.
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'
Using Machine Learning to Model Dead Zones in Lakes
Models like this will become increasingly important as the climate changes
UConn Hosts Just Transitions Symposium
A multidisciplinary approach to addressing the climate crisis - and finding solutions
$10 Million USDA Poultry Sustainability Grant Making Progress on All Initiatives
With an eye to safeguarding animal, human, and environmental health, the multi-institution project is improving broiler production by relying on environmentally friendly approaches and no antibiotics
Geoscientist Among First Projects Approved by National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot
Lijing Wang, who joins UConn in August, will develop AI models for mountain water flow that aid in climate change predictions
Arctic-Focused Climate Change Research Initiative Earns Coveted $15 Million NSF Award
UConn Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Mark Urban will co-lead the EvoME Institute, a six-year, multi-disciplinary collaboration of experts from 14 institutions led by Woodwell Climate Research Center, UConn, and Columbia University
Revived Give and Go Program Helps People and Planet
UConn community diverts over 8,000 pounds of donations to local aid organizations during move out.
Innovative Algae Technologies Help UConn Teams Advance in National Competition
The interdisciplinary teams will develop sustainable, algae-based products for use as a poultry feed supplement and food preservative