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Santa Monica Public Library Presents the Sixth Annual Green Prize for Sustainable Literature

'Words of Wisdom: Reading into Action' will feature Dan Blumstein, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Chair and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Professor.
Posted: 9/13/2012

UCLA’s new research center is UC’s 100th certifiably green project

The Clinical and Translational Research Center is UCLA's newest LEED-certified green building, and UC's 100th.
Posted: 9/11/2012

Employees at 'green' companies are significantly more productive, study finds

Research initiated by Institute Professor Magali Delmas revealed that an eco-friendly work environment can lead to increased efficiency.
Posted: 9/10/2012

Interdisciplinary training leads alumnus Nick Nairn-Birch to a coveted position with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

IoES Professor Magali Delmas served as an advisor for Nairn-Birch, a graduate of the Environmental Science and Engineering degree program.
Posted: 9/5/2012

UCLA beefs up environmental humanities with hires from Stanford

The Chronicle of Higher Education featured a story about two researchers of environmental and digital humanities joining the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Posted: 9/4/2012

Sustainability experts from all sectors converge at inaugural conference hosted by the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability

The Southern California Sustainability Forum took place on August 15th and 16th in Long Beach, California.
Posted: 8/28/2012

Bobcat tales

Latest press on Center for Tropical Research doctoral candidate Laurel Serieys' urban carnivore research.
Posted: 8/27/2012

Wildlife forensics team reveals mountain lions’ struggle to survive near urban areas

The Institute's Conservation Genetics Resource Center and La Kretz Center for Conservation Science collaborate with other UCLA scientists and wildlife biologists to analyze mountain lion DNA.
Posted: 8/24/2012

Global warming, local politics

Center for Climate Change Solutions Executive Director Paul Bunje and Faculty Director and Professor Alex Hall were quoted in an article in Colorado's High Country News about global climate change.
Posted: 8/13/2012

Grad student seeks to save bobcats from rat poisons

Wildlife biologist Laurel Serieys' research on bobcats is the focus of a new photography exhibit at the G2 Gallery in Venice.
Posted: 8/13/2012

Marine biology researchers adapt Billy Joel hit to explain their work

UCLA scientists sing about their coral reef research.
Posted: 8/13/2012

Baldwin Lake gets the paleo treatment

Big Bear Grizzly highlighted research on the paleoclimatic history of Southern California by IoES Director Glen MacDonald and Department of Geography doctoral candidate Katie Glover.
Posted: 8/8/2012

Urban ecology periodical spotlights a Practicum in Environmental Science study on human wildlife interactions

Research conducted as part of the undergraduate course has been published by online science journal Cities and the Environment
Posted: 8/6/2012

SMERC in the News

Latest press about UCLA's Smart Grid Energy Research Center, led by Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and IoES Professor Rajit Gadh
Posted: 8/2/2012

Touchdown Pass or Lost Yardage—What Will It Be AEG?

An Op/Ed coauthored by IoES Professor and Chair of Environmental Health Sciences Richard Jackson about the health impacts of the proposed Farmers' Field in downtown L.A.
Posted: 7/31/2012

UCLA research makes possible rapid assessment of plant drought tolerance

UCLA life scientists, working with colleagues in China, have discovered a new method to quickly assess plants’ drought tolerance. The method works for many diverse species growing around the world.
Posted: 7/27/2012

Growing threats to biodiversity ‘arks’

Center for Tropical Research Director Tom Smith participated in a study currently appearing in the journal Nature on averting biodiversity collapse in protected tropical areas.
Posted: 7/25/2012

An economic analysis of the impact of green labels on the sales price of a home

The latest press on IoES Professor Matthew Kahn's new research.
Posted: 7/23/2012

The Value of Green Labels in the California Housing Market

A new study co-authored by IoES Professor Matthew Kahn examines whether homes fitted with Energy Star and other green-rated technologies tend to sell for higher prices.
Posted: 7/23/2012

The Vegan Campus

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Chair and IoES Professor Dan Blumstein was quoted in a UCLA Magazine article about the campus' meatless and vegan dining options.
Posted: 7/13/2012

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