News

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

UCLA researchers create highly transparent solar cells for windows that generate electricity

UCLA researchers have developed a new transparent solar cell that is an advance toward giving windows in homes and other buildings the ability to generate electricity while still allowing people to see outside.
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

Political scientist, geographer, environmental health specialist, and engineers join the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

The Institute broadens its diverse faculty roster with the addition of professors from the social and physical sciences.
Posted: 7/12/2012

Building the foundation for a great education

Green urban planner and instructor Walker Wells has been selected for the 2012 Pritzker Fellowship
Posted: 7/10/2012

IoES Professor and Department of Environmental Health Sciences Chair Richard Jackson recieves honor

Dr. Jackson has been elected for honorary membership of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA).
Posted: 7/10/2012

UCLA study predicts mid-century warming for Los Angeles

Through complex equations and several data sets, UCLA researchers have programmed a supercomputer to predict the future of Los Angeles – the future temperature, that is.
Posted: 7/9/2012

As a heat wave rolls across U.S., scientists predict more to come

IoES Director Glen MacDonald and Center for Climate Change Solutions Director Paul Bunje are quoted in an LA Times article about high temperatures across the nation.
Posted: 7/2/2012

Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Newsletter

Summer 2012
Posted: 6/29/2012

Students team up with staff to green UCLA

The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s Education for Sustainable Living Program tackles sustainability projects to make UCLA a greener place.
Posted: 6/28/2012

Bruin blue and gold produce green graduates

The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability held its undergraduate Environmental Science Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, June 17th at Korn Convocation Hall.
Posted: 6/26/2012

Natural Footstep

A profile on ACI International – one of the first companies to join the Institute’s Corporate Partners Program
Posted: 6/25/2012

South Campus Oasis

Explore UCLA's Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden
Posted: 6/25/2012

The future impact of global warming on Southern California

KNBC-TV News Conference with Paul Bunje, Executive Director, Center for Climate Change Solutions
Posted: 6/25/2012

Turning over a new maple leaf

Canadian Studies at UCLA moves to the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Posted: 6/25/2012

Resolving the Riddle of Why the Zebra Has Stripes

CTR Researcher Brenda Larison debuts on National Geographic's Explorers Journal - Stories from the field.
Posted: 6/22/2012

Climate change is making L.A. hotter

Coverage of the new IoES study that predicts climate change will cause temperatures in the L.A. region to rise by an average of 4 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit by the middle of this century.
Posted: 6/21/2012

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