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Research Highlight: Effects of urban development on Mallard nesting ecology in the northeastern United States

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Ecosystems

Effects of urban development on Mallard nesting ecology in the northeastern United States

Published: March 2026

Author(s):

  • Laura R. Dykstra - Ph.D. candidate at Montana State University, M.S. Natural Resources (2023)
  • Min T. Huang - Research Scientist, Dept. of Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Tracy A.G. Rittenhouse, Associate Professor, Dept. of Natural Resources and the Environment

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TODAY Fellow’s Talk: Julia Smachylo on Environmental Incentives

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Fellow’s Talk: Julia Smachylo on Environmental Incentives

Silvic Stewardship: Incentivizing Environmental Care

Julia Smachylo (Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture, UConn)

with a response by Jennifer Cazenave (French and Cinema & Media Studies, Boston University)

Virtual, with automated captioning.

Learn more about the event on the Humanities Institute website.

CANCELLED Teale Lecture: Thomas Dietz

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CANCELLED Teale Lecture: Thomas Dietz

This event has been cancelled due to weather.

 

Dr. Thomas Dietz is the University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy and Assistant Vice President for Environmental Research at Michigan State University.

His research interests are in human ecology and cultural evolution. He has a long-standing program of scholarship on the relationship between science and democracy in environmental policy. He has published a series of papers on environmental values and beliefs of the public. He is also working on macro-comparative analysis of the drivers of environmental stressors and the contributions of natural and other capitals to human well-being.  You can find out more about his research here: https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/thomas-dietz.

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    UConn Students in Belem: First Impressions from COP30

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    UConn Students in Belem: First Impressions from COP30

    Through the UConn@COP program, 12 UConn students attended COP30 (this year’s United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties, commonly referred to as COP) in Belém, Brazil. The conference, attended by word leaders, policymakers, climate researchers, and climate activists, is a transformative experience for students as they strive to become future leaders in climate science and policy. The fellows shared their initial impressions of the conference through blog posts that can be found on the UConn Office of Sustainability website, with some selections shared in an article for UConn Today.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Research Highlight: 2025 CT Grid Resilience Assessment

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    2025 Connecticut Grid Resilience Assessment

    Produced by the University of Connecticut and the University of Albany, the Connecticut Grid Resilience Assessment (GRACI) Guide for Stakeholders synthesizes climate projections, outage data, infrastructure modeling, customer surveys, and social vulnerability metrics to identify Connecticut communities most at risk from extreme heat and high-wind-related outages.

    Guest Lecture: A Novel Integrated Quantum Computing Approach for Unit Commitment

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    Guest Lecture: A Novel Integrated Quantum Computing Approach for Unit Commitment

    As part of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar series on Quantum Technology Applications for Engineering Systems, the School of CEE, and the Eversource Energy Center have co-invited Prof. Bing Yan, from Rochester Institute of Technology to give a guest lecture on “A Novel Integrated Quantum Computing Approach for Unit Commitment”, this Wednesday November 19 at 1 PM. The lecture will be held virtually. Please see the attached flyer for more information!

    Prof. Bing Yan Lecture Information