News

Smarter power

As the nation's power system ages and grows insufficient, UC researchers are building a smarter, greener electric grid for the future.
Posted: 2/27/2012

E3 Club sows seeds for schools

The Daily Bruin featured an article about the student group's initiative that educates kids about nutrition and sustainable food production through garden projects.
Posted: 2/21/2012

UCLA/Getty conservation program receives $1M Mellon Foundation challenge grant

UCLA has received a $1 million challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of the UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program on the Conservation of Archeological and Ethnographic Materials.
Posted: 2/17/2012

Climate change expert advises council members

Institute Director Glen MacDonald spoke to the Palisades Post about how climate change will impact that region of Southern California.
Posted: 2/16/2012

Lights go out on the Hill for energy competition

It’s dorm against dorm on the Hill this month as UCLA students compete to see which residence hall can cut its electricity use the most.
Posted: 2/16/2012

UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability receives grant for new research center

Adjunct Professor Stephanie Pincetl, director of the Institute's Center for Sustainable Urban Systems, spearheaded the project.
Posted: 2/14/2012

IoES students tackle urban wildlife projects

The Urban Wildlife Working Group newsletter featured an article about research conducted by Environmental Science students.
Posted: 2/13/2012

IoES project receives Energy Commission award

The $1.9 million award will be used to develop a new research center.
Posted: 2/8/2012

New beach water rules: Enough to make you sick

An LA Times op-ed by Institute Associate Director Mark Gold argued that the EPA has not done enough to ensure water quality and protect beach users.
Posted: 2/7/2012

Fire in Mediterranean Ecosystems: Ecology, Evolution and Management

IoES and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Phil Rundel is the author of a new book published by Cambridge University Press.
Posted: 2/3/2012

It's not easy being green

Across UCLA, the people in charge of feeding the campus are working hard to make eating a greener proposition.
Posted: 2/3/2012

Mapping Avian Influenza Risk in U.S. Wild Songbirds

A Center for Tropical Research study was featured in The National Science Foundation's Award Highlights.
Posted: 2/1/2012

Preserving Sage Hill

UCLA should better acknowledge the natural habitat the ecosystem provides.
Posted: 2/1/2012

Spotlight: "Designing Healthy Communities"

Latest press for Institute Professor and Department of Environmental Health Sciences Chair Richard Jackson's four part television series.
Posted: 2/1/2012

Building for better health: Public health professor hosts nationwide TV series

In a four-part TV series airing on public broadcasting, IoES and the Department of Environmental Health Sciences' Dr. Richard Jackson shows viewers the best and worst examples of urban planning and its effects on health.
Posted: 1/31/2012

"Designing Healthy Communities" series airing on KLCS-TV Jan. 31st & Feb. 4th

Institute Professor and Department of Environmental Health Sciences Chair Dr. Richard Jackson is the host of a new 4-hour series that examines the impact our built environment has on key public health indices.
Posted: 1/30/2012

UCLA Law report urges California to take action to protect public from toxic consumer products

The new report by the Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment assesses California's new chemical regulatory program and concludes that the state must strengthen its program in significant ways in order to adequately protect public health.
Posted: 1/26/2012

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