The 2023 UCLA La Kretz Center Public Lecture
It was an honor to have guest lecturer Dr. Jennifer Norris at the 2023 UCLA La Kretz Center Public Lecture to speak about her work leading California’s 30×30 Initiative and…
Projects
The Wildfire-Stormwater Nexus
On April 10, 2023, the UCLA Water Resources Group hosted a virtual webinar on the Wildfire-Stormwater Nexus. This webinar, facilitated by Co-Director Greg Pierce, aimed to bring greater attention and…
Tracking changes in photosynthetic activity of native California plants
Awardee: Alannah Linden, third year atmospheric and oceanic sciences / mathematics major. Alannah has interests in a range of physical sciences subjects.
UCLA Health Team: Piloting a Sustainability Certification Process Within UCLA Health for Individual Departments
Across the UC system and within UCLA, there are many comprehensive sustainability policies. However, UC Policy can be confusing, complex, and inaccessible, and not all departments within UCLA Health understand…
Advanced Water Treatment Technology: Benefits and Challenges for Acceptance
On November 3, 2022, The UCLA Water Resources Group hosted a “Hybrid in Person and on Zoom seminar. Unlike many of our seminars, this seminar was for faculty and students…
Advancing the Circular Economy in Lagos
Pritzker Award Affiliate: Chioma Ukonu, Co-Founder, RecyclePoints Limited Lagos Nigeria UCLA Anderson team: Emily Fan, Evan Greer, Vivian S Chung, Jennifer Cao, Eric Lin Faculty Advisor: Paul Park Problem Statement…
Analyzing methane emissions in Nigeria using TROPOMI and CrIS
Pritzker Award Affiliate: Lola Fatoyinbo, Research Scientist, NASA Impact Fellow: Oscar Alejandro Neyra Nazarretty (IoES doctoral student) Project objective: Develop a better understanding of the environmental impacts on mangroves in Nigeria. Activity…
Applied Management Research Program
Applied Management Research Program This program partners a team of MBA candidates with your organization to deliver strategic solutions to critical challenges through top-notch analysis. The students produce a rigorously…
Assessing the Habitat Suitability of Plankton in the California Current System under Changing Oceanic Conditions
Increased levels of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earth’s atmosphere have fundamentally restructured many marine ecosystems. As the atmospheric concentration of CO2 increases, more of the gas dissolves into seawater,…
Characterizing community biodiversity of eelgrass (Zostera marina) in the Port of LA surrounding a localized dredging event
Awardee: Candice Cross, third year Ph.D. student in Dr. Paul Barber’s lab. Candice is interested in using next- generation sequencing tools to study the role of foundation species in marine ecosystems.
Comparisons in Patterns of Antibiotic Resistance Bacteria Between Urban and Non-urban Populations of Dark-Eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis)
Awardee: Carolyn Xue, master’s student in Evolutionary Medicine program in the Yeh Lab. Carolyn hopes to promote ideas on One Health, work in preserving biodiversity, and grow her interests in art and science.
Corporate Sustainability Disclosure
Firms have an outsized role in shaping the environmental and social trajectories of our global society. As investors, policy-makers, and the general public increasingly demand transparency to evaluate firms’ impacts,…