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La Kretz Center opens new field station

This first physical location for the organization allows for overnight stays for researchers in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Posted: 1/24/2013

New UCLA Field Station to Bring More Research to Local Mountains

The Calabasas Patch covered the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony of the UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science Field Station.The field station will serve as a new headquarters for the La Kretz Center in partnership with the NPS,
Posted: 1/24/2013

A new paradigm for Central Africa - Building a permanent research and training facility in one of the world's most long-suffering regions

The Winter 2013 UCLA College Report featured a profile on the UCLA International Research and Training Center (IRTC) in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Posted: 1/23/2013

How to Really Green the Super Bowl

Latest Huff Post Green blog by Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Chair and IoES Professor Dan Blumstein.
Posted: 1/23/2013

UCLA La Kretz Center opens new headquarters for conservation science

UCLA's La Kretz Center Field Station opened Tuesday, Jan. 22, in the Santa Monica Mountains, providing a new headquarters and center of operations for the university's La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science.
Posted: 1/23/2013

UCLA professor leads effort to protect Africa's rainforests from ravages of climate change

Professor Thomas B. Smith will head an international research project investigating the effects of climate change on biodiversity in Central Africa's rainforests, under a $4.95 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Posted: 1/19/2013

$5M grant will help conserve Coral Triangle

A $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, announced Jan. 15, includes UCLA Professor Paul Barber as co-principal investigator on a project to conserve coral reefs around Indonesia.
Posted: 1/18/2013

Bayer MaterialScience and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability establish a collaborative relationship on environmental issues

IoES Director Glen MacDonald commends Bayer’s commitment to high-performance buildings.
Posted: 1/18/2013

Class unites science and media

A new course being offered this quarter at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability will teach students how to integrate new media – like blogs, videos and podcasts – into environmental science.
Posted: 1/18/2013

Morton La Kretz gives $1 million to Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden at UCLA

The seven-acre park will receive an update thanks to a gift from UCLA alumnus, philanthropist, and environmental champion Morton La Kretz.
Posted: 1/10/2013

Learning from past societies

"Latest press on IoES and Department of Geography Professor Jared Diamond's new book, ""The World Until Yesterday.""
Posted: 1/10/2013

Environmental milestones for Los Angeles in 2012

Nonprofit organization Climate Resolve composed a year-end round up of environmental breakthroughs that included research from the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Posted: 1/9/2013

Southwest Climate Science Center 2012 Annual Report

The report's content includes biographies of key personnel and covers stakeholder outreach, activities, research projects, and next steps.
Posted: 1/8/2013

A Natural Stewardship Amendment

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Chair and IoES Professor Dan Blumstein wrote a blog for the Huffington Post about environmental policy.
Posted: 1/7/2013

Canadian Studies at UCLA grants two new scholarships

Graduate students Ciara Martin and Scott Stephenson have been selected as the award winners.
Posted: 12/19/2012

A collection that identifies California as a world apart

Jon Christensen, adjunct assistant professor of history and a member of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, is quoted in an LA Times article about historical maps of California.
Posted: 12/18/2012

Center for Tropical Research Fall 2012 Newsletter

CTR researchers report on a study exploring cryptic diversity with Indian and Pacific Ocean Big Fin Reef Squids and workshops held focused on building the capacity to control animal-borne influenza in Cameroon and Egypt.
Posted: 12/14/2012

Putting the Pieces Back Together: The Implications of the 2012 Elections on the West's Energy Industry.

The 2012 Manatt Energy Forum co-hosted by the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability featured Congressman Kevin McCarthy as the keynote speaker.
Posted: 12/14/2012

Southwest Climate Assessment Summary for Decision Makers

IoES Director Glen MacDonald and colleagues from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Southwest Climate Science Center evaluated environmental conditions in this geographic region.
Posted: 12/14/2012

Save a Marmot: Send Blankets to Colorado

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Chair and IoES Professor Dan Blumstein authored a blog for the Huffington Post about how the environment influences animal behavior.
Posted: 12/12/2012

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