Securing Small Water Systems in LA County
LiS Leadership Project by Leila Moinpour, 2025
Projects
Transit as a Tool for Community and Climate
LiS Leadership Project by Ivy Kwok, 2025
Transnational Justice for Environmental and Labor Rights
LiS Leadership Project by Dulce María López González, 2025
California Public Utilities Commission Distributed Energy Resource Program Data Working Group
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) selected the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA, with support from LARC, to facilitate a Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Data Working Group.
Hyperspectral Imaging for California Plant Ecology
Awardee: Nikita Burger, undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Computational and Systems Biology at UCLA.
Scrub-Jays: an emerging model system for studying evolution and understanding conservation priorities in California.
La Kretz Center postdoctoral researcher Dr. Devon DeRaad plans to use genomic approaches to characterize the genetic diversity and relatedness of scrub-jays throughout the state of California. This includes a…
System Consolidations and the Operationalization of Equity in the Drinking Water Sector
On February 7, the UCLA Water Resources Group hosted Dr. Khalid Osman on the “System Consolidations and the Operationalization of Equity in the Drinking Water Sector.” Dr. Khalid Osman is…
A restoration and monitoring plan for Sage Hill
Student Team: Bec Chenowith, Kolby Emison, Jacqueline Gonzalez Hurtado, Isaac Law, Angela Sarunchartinonth, Sarah Schmitt, and Emma Strassner Client: UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Advisor: Dr. Andy Kleinhesselink View our Story…
Analyzing attitudes toward oil and gas drilling in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles region, one of the nation’s most diverse and densely populated urban areas, is also home to the country’s largest urban oil field. More than 24,000 active, idle,…
Assessing breeding owl species distribution in Los Angeles
Raptors, birds of prey that include hawks, owls, and falcons, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates. As top predators, raptors exert top-down control over…
Assessing environmental antibiotic resistance in surface waters near concentrated animal feeding operations in Michigan
Roughly 80% of antibiotics used in the United States are given to farm animals to treat and prevent livestock illnesses and to promote animal growth. This process involves providing animals…
Assessing sustainability awareness and attitudes within the AC Milan Football Club’s fanbase
Every year, professional sports are responsible for emitting as much as 350 million tons of carbon dioxide from travel, infrastructure, and waste generation, equivalent to emissions from more than 75…