UCLA Institute of the Environment News http://www.environment.ucla.edu Everything we do know matters. en-us UCLA Institute of the Environment http://www.environment.ucla.edu/images/IoE-logotype-White.png http://www.environment.ucla.edu/ Too Much Pollution Environmental advocacy group stages press conference to present new report on global warming pollution in the U.S. http://www.environment.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=4987 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:09:29 PDT UCLA experts take lead in regional climate plan The (LARC) Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability hopes to transform the Los Angeles region. http://www.environment.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=4848 Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:07:30 PDT 10 questions: ocean protector Richard Ambrose Whether he's scuba diving in the Channel Islands, inspecting coastal Californian wetlands for signs of recovery or poking around in tide pools, Professor Richard Ambrose's research is almost literally a day at the beach. http://www.environment.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=4737 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:33:51 PDT The Annenberg Foundation helps the IoE Launch the Dorothy Green Water Leadership Course The Institute of the Environment has received a five year, $100,000 grant from the Annenberg Foundation to launch the Dorothy Green Water Leadership Course. http://www.environment.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=4708 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:44:27 PDT Victoria Sork named dean of Division of Life Sciences at UCLA Life sciences represent 'the essential science of the 21st century,' she says http://www.environment.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=4492 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:25:26 PDT Environmental centers work together on climate change Environmental research in departments across UCLA collaborate to understand climate change and make a difference in the community. http://www.environment.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=4419 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:56:36 PDT Umbrellabird Study Featured in Ecuadorian Newspaper The Ecuadorian newspaper, El Comercio, featured a story on May 10, 2009 based on a study of the Long-wattled Umbrellabird that is being conducted by Dr. Jordan Karubian, the Latin America Director for the Institute of the Environment's Center for Tropical Research, in the Choco rainforest in Ecuador. http://www.environment.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=4342 Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:16:01 PDT Environmental Governance book published by IoE faculty Magali Delmas, associate professor at the Institute of the Environment and Oran Young, professor at UC Santa Barbara just published an edited book,"Governance for the Environment: New Perspectives" at Cambridge University Press. http://www.environment.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=4337 Tue, 4 Aug 2009 09:31:26 PDT Droughts of past yield lessons for a warming world Glen MacDonald, the new director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment (IoE), has spent much of the last year conducting research in the subtropical areas of the Northern Hemisphere that are particularly prone to drought, both recently and in the distant past. http://www.environment.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=4292 Mon, 3 Aug 2009 13:56:36 PDT Congratulations to our graduating class of 2009! The Institute of the Environment celebrates the third graduating class of Environmental Science students. http://www.environment.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=4208 Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:45:03 PDT IOE Welcomes New Director The UCLA IOE is pleased to welcome Professor Glen MacDonald as its new Director. Dr. MacDonald was appointed Director on July 1, 2009 following a national search. He replaces former Director Mary Nichols who took leave in 2007 when Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed her to chair of the California Air Resources Board, and Acting Director Tom Smith, who remains Director of the IOE Center for Tropical Research. http://www.environment.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=4197 Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:38:45 PDT Students see Baldwin Hills as environmental case study Environmental Science students at UCLA participate in fieldwork to study and address issues of environmental concern in the greater Los Angeles area. http://www.environment.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=3874 Fri, 5 Jun 2009 16:22:03 PDT Children's lead poisoning drops but exposure remains most common among poor The Institute of the Environment releases Spring 2009 Southern California Environmental Report Card Article: "Lead Poisoning and Exposure in Children" by Hilary A. Godwin, Ph.D. http://www.environment.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=3904 Thu, 28 May 2009 12:03:03 PDT Student Profile: Bryan Moy An Environmental Science student discusses how his experiences at UCLA prepared him to work with the CDC last summer and led him to pursue graduate studies in environmental epidemiology this fall. http://www.environment.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=3867 Wed, 27 May 2009 17:53:06 PDT Environmental Science featured at Valley College Career Week Representatives from a handful of schools who were on campus to speak with students about transferring, major options and guidance. http://www.environment.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=3883 Tue, 26 May 2009 09:41:10 PDT