PhD candidate Tyson Timmer examines how corporate sustainability reporting influences investors, employees and job applicants. His research explores whether greater transparency actually changes decisions and what drives people’s responses to corporate sustainability efforts.
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Suzanne Pierre
2026 Pritzker Award finalist Suzanne Pierre reflects on her work
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UCLA researchers find that if the state applies existing valuation tools consistently, residents could reap the savings already already enjoyed by other states.
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Zuzana Buřivalová
2026 Pritzker Award finalist Zuzana Buřivalová reflects on her work
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Doris Njagi
2026 Pritzker Award finalist Doris Njagi reflects on her work
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Jonathan Riggs
Wisdom, perspective and inspiration from UCLA’s 2025 Pritzker Award winner
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Zuzana Buřivalová, Doris Njagi and Suzanne Pierre named 2026 Pritzker Award Finalists Ahead of October 8 award ceremony.
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June Lee
Emma Barnosky’s PhD research at UCLA explores the human side of wildfire, examining how Californians experience, understand, and recover from increasingly destructive fires.
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The final five nominees for this year’s Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award are making an impact in their own unique ways, including launching “critical ecology” as a new field of study, advocating…
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The next five nominees for this year’s Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award share a similarly kaleidoscopic spectrum of interest areas, including investing in ocean conservation, developing cutting-edge wildlife census tools and amplifying…
The first five nominees for this year’s Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award display an impressive scope of vision, everything from protecting pangolins and sloths to reimagining a more sustainable fashion industry. While…
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June Lee
Six years after arriving at UCLA, Dr. Elijah Catalan has graduated from the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) with a Ph.D, a growing body of marine conservation research,…
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June Lee
The UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability celebrated the Class of 2026 during the commencement ceremony on June 14th in Ackerman Grand Ballroom, honoring graduates from the Environmental Science…
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June Lee
UCLA Environmental Science alumni, students, and faculty gathered to celebrate the program’s 20th anniversary, highlighting its lasting impact and the strong community of environmental professionals it continues to inspire.
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Meet 15 remarkable young environmental leaders who are already making a difference.
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June Lee
Environmental Science seniors partnered with organizations across California to tackle real-world challenges, presenting research and solutions while celebrating 20 years of UCLA’s signature capstone practicum.
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As extreme heat becomes California’s deadliest climate threat, UCLA and Los Angeles County are training community health workers to serve as “heat ambassadors,” bringing life-saving information and resources directly to vulnerable residents. The LARC-HEAT program aims to build neighborhood resilience through trusted, person-to-person outreach.
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June Lee
Rachel Sheinberg, a Ph.D. candidate at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) graduating this year, studies a critical challenge in the clean energy transition: who benefits, and who could be left behind.
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Ursula K. Heise, distinguished professor at UCLA with cross-appointments in the Department of English and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary society.
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Benjamin Paul
Strategic “designer flows” can help maintain the ecological health of rivers below important dams.
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Rachel Sheinberg
Explore how renewable energy transitions and home electrification will shape household energy spending and burden across Los Angeles.