This edition of the Center for Tropical Research Newsletter includes the following feature articles as well as center updates and workshop reports: Senior Research Fellow Tim Bonebrake recounts a personal…
UCLA La Kretz Center conservation biologist Brad Shaffer and other scientists have definitively identified a new species of frog living in and around New York City
On November 4th, Californians will have the chance to vote on a statewide water bond intended to provide funds for investment in water infrastructure and technology, improvement of water quality and storage, and protection of water resources and environments. For some this is a long-awaited opportunity -- the bond has been delayed, altered, and reconfigured since its original conception in 2009.
After a record warm September, dramatic climate shifts are likely to continue
UCLA and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) are leading a multi-institutional initiative to develop the Congo Basin Institute (CBI), which will be a model for how universities can…
John Benson and Elizabeth Long are the 2014 UCLA La Kretz Center Fellowship appointees
Video about the Congo Basin Institute, dedicated to finding solutions to the interconnected issues of climate change, human disease, food and water security, and loss of biodiversity.
An Oppenheim Lecture presented by CTR Director Thomas B. Smith, describing the Center is leveraging the best available science to identify new protected areas in the face of resource extraction…
Coverage of the professional development workshop focused on empowering young local researchers to track and analyze the genetic diversity of the Congo Basin in the face of climate change, which…
Coverage of the professional development workshop focused on empowering young local researchers to track and analyze the genetic diversity of the Congo Basin in the face of climate change, which…
Professor MacDonald has been selected as the first occupant of a new UCLA chair in geography named after the naturalist and activist who helped preserve the Yosemite Valley as a…
Originally posted by 89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio A busted water main sent a geyser shooting 30 feet in the air and flooded Sunset Boulevard and UCLA yesterday. About…
Video produced from the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability 2014 Graduation Ceremony.
Watch the video on Facebook A student researcher’s reaction to the NSF-sponsored Research Coordination Network for Haemosporida (Malaria RCN)’s African workshop in Yaoundé, Cameroon, with students from Cameroon, Nigeria, and…
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky's gift to add lab to UCLA La Kretz Center field station
“Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry,” said Bill Drayton, founder…
The IoES and Women & Philanthropy at UCLA joined together to present “Thriving in a Hotter L.A.: Turning Los Angeles into a Global Model for Urban Sustainability.” IoES Associate Director…
5th Annual La Kretz Public Lecture by Professor Daniel Simberloff, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville presented May 4, 2014 at the UCLA…
A study by UCLA researchers is featured in the March issue of the Journal of Infection.
On Saturday, March 15, UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science League members and UCLA faculty and graduate students came together to experience an unforgettable day in the beautiful Santa Monica…
On February 12, Lisa Jackson visited the IoES, talked with faculty and students, and gave the Winter Oppenheim Lecture. She inspired admiration, challenged people to “be influential” in their careers,…
Curriculum improvements and increased opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students have enhanced IoES' academic programs. Current students excel inside and outside the classroom while alumni continue to make a difference in the world