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IoES Professor and Department of Environmental Health Sciences Chair Richard Jackson recieves American Public Health Association award

Dr. Jackson is the recipient of the 2012 Sedgwick Memorial Medal.
Posted: 8/28/2012

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

California GMO food labeling vote could shift U.S. food supply

IoES Professor Matt Kahn & IoES Affiliate and Environmental Law Center Executive Director Sean Hecht were quoted in a Green Biz article about Prop. 37, a measure on the November ballot that would require genetically modified foods to be labeled.
Posted: 8/23/2012

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

CA Energy Expert Weights in on India Power Outage

UCLA Professor Rajit Gadh grew up in India, where blackouts were fairly regular. Not anymore. He founded UCLA’s Smart Grid Energy Research Center.
Posted: 8/3/2012

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

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

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