Month: September 2025

UConn researchers harness AI to sharpen weather forecasts (FOX61)

UConn researchers harness AI to sharpen weather forecasts

Marina Astitha, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UConn, was interviewed recently by FOX61 about her team's development of a new AI program designed to remove errors in weather forecasting based on previous storm data. The program would supplement existing weather forecasting models used by meteorologists to help them adjust their forecasts in regard to wind or snow storms, a frequent occurrence in Connecticut. The goal is to create a cycle where the AI program can help improve the original models, making them more accurate.

Read the full article by Steffen Reals from FOX61

2025-2026 Teale Lecture Series

2025-2026 Teale Lecture Series

“On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice”
September 18, 2025
Ryan E. Emanuel
Associate Professor of Hydrology, Duke University

 

“The Declining Monarchy: A Butterfly’s Ecology Speaks to America’s Environmental Crisis”
October 16, 2025
Anurag Agrawal
James A. Perkins Professor of Environmental Studies, Cornell University

 

“Does Evidence Even Matter? Using AI to Debunk Climate Misperceptions”
November 13, 2025
Gordon Pennycook
Associate Professor & Himan Brown Faculty Fellow, Cornell University

View recorded Gordon Pennycook lecture

 

“How Can Individuals, Organizations, and Nations Make Better Sustainability Decisions?”
February 26, 2026
Tom Dietz
University Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Environmental Science & Policy, & Animal Studies, Michigan State University

 

“Women, Water, Violence, and Wellbeing In The Face of Climate Change”
March 26, 2026
Susan J. Elliott
Professor & University Research Chair in Health Geography, University of Waterloo, Canada

 

“Back to the Wall, Face to the Sun: The Climate Crisis and the Renewable Answer”
April 2, 2026
Bill McKibben
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT; Founder of ‘350.org’ and of ‘Third Act’