Sustainability
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.
Tech Park Getting Fuel Cell Upgrade
FuelCell Energy providing units to power entire Innovative Partnership Building.
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.
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