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UCLA Inst. of the Environment & Sustainability retweeted
Join our Chief Sustainability Officer for a public symposium hosted by @UCLAIoES at @LuskinHotel, marking the 10th anniversary of the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award.
Details & RSVP at: ioes.ucla.edu/event/10-year-…
ALT This is an event announcement for the Pritzker Environmental Symposium. It mentions the speaker, Nurit Katz, UCLA Chief Sustainability Officer, as the moderator. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7, at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center. The UCLA Institute of the Environment & Sustainability logo is displayed at the top.
ALT An advertisement for the Pritzker Environmental Symposium by the UCLA Institute of the Environment & Sustainability. The image shows three parts: a group planting trees, hands holding a pangolin, and a person holding a plant on a beach. The event is on Wednesday, October 7 at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center.
🎙️ UCLA IoES Director @ProfAlexHall Hall joined LAist’s @AirTalk with Larry Mantle to discuss the potential for extreme rain, flooding, and mudslides in Southern California, alongside @LACoPublicWorks Director Mark Pestrella.
Listen here 🎧 laist.com/news/nba-clippers-…
Critical reporting from @NPR this morning about the immediate dangers rising temperatures pose to people. This 2-year effort bw NPR and @BU_Tweets shows heat kills many times more people than the official numbers show.
🎧 Listen to the NPR story: npr.org/2026/08/31/nx-s1-572…
In our backyard, @UCLA and @CountyofLA have teamed up with more than 100 community partners to tackle this growing problem head on.
👉 Learn more about LARC-HEAT and how it is shaping the frontline of defense against dangerous heat: ioes.ucla.edu/article/heat-i…
The @LARC-HEAT program is a 30-month outreach effort led by the UCLA IoES and @lapublichealth to train community health workers to serve as “heat ambassadors,” bringing life-saving information and resources directly to vulnerable residents.
A new study out of @UCLA IoES's California Center for Sustainable Communities finds CA isn't using existing tools that could make energy more affordable for residents.
Read more about how lawmakers could turn that around: newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/c…
Extreme heat is now CA’s deadliest climate risk — triggering up to 1,500 additional ER visits a day in LA County during major heat waves and killing more residents each year than wildfires or floods.
LARC-HEAT is piloting a new kind of defense against this growing risk.
Check out more information, learn about the risks, and find resources at @The_LARC's website: laregionalcollaborative.com/…
Heat can be deadly. @UCLA's IoES and @lapublichealth, in collaboration with more than 100 community partners, are leading @The_LARC-HEAT, a a 30-month outreach initiative bringing life-saving information and resources directly to people's doors.
Read more ioes.ucla.edu/article/heat-i…
Southern California is entering the hottest stretch of its prolonged August warmup Wednesday, with temperatures climbing as much as 20 degrees above average and some communities potentially reaching 112 degrees. ktla.com/weather/august-heat…
🎓🌎 Highlighting IoES PhD candidate Tyson Timmer:
His research explores how sustainability reporting influences investors, employees, and job applicants—and how companies’ disclosures shape real-world decision-making.
Read more: ioes.ucla.edu/article/phd-ca…
@uclaanderson
💧New @UCLA + @NRDC report shows massive gaps in who pays what for water from the Colorado River Basin.
Some California urban water agencies shell out $2,500+ per acre-foot of surface water, while some irrigation districts pay $0—for the exact same water. ucla.in/4pC6ODH
👏 Alex Hall, director of @uclaioes and professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, has been named among the world’s most influential researchers — a distinction reserved for 1 out of every 1,000 scholars.
Read the article: ioes.ucla.edu/article/alex-h…
In Los Angeles, Tony Pritzker applies an engineer’s discipline to environmental philanthropy—from stormwater systems keeping runoff out of Santa Monica Bay to a global prize at UCLA supporting emerging innovators.
ucla.in/4pZ8sQh
UCLA Inst. of the Environment & Sustainability retweeted
Very proud of @UCLA_Alumni Fred Ramsdell for receiving the #NobelPrize in physiology or medicine — our 17th Nobel Prize for an alumnus or faculty member, and the third prize in five years for a Bruin. chancellor.ucla.edu/messages…
UCLA Inst. of the Environment & Sustainability retweeted
UCLA Fielding School’s Kirsten Schwarz co-leads a study to analyze, redesign and cool school landscapes. newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/c…
From decoding software to decoding elephants: @ucla 2025 Pritzker finalist Seema Lokhandwala leads the Elephant Acoustics Project, creating early-warning systems that save lives and draw on community wisdom. ucla.in/4plAlBW
As chytrid fungus wipes out frogs — 90 species lost and counting — 2025 Pritzker finalist Anthony Waddle of @Macquarie_Uni is testing ways to tip the balance back toward survival. “Many in the field view the problem as hopeless, but I see it differently.” ucla.in/3JP1lJz
A new @ucla study shows how African elephant poop helps ebony trees grow, the slow-growing source of wood used for guitars and pianos 🎸 In areas where elephants are poached, researchers found nearly 70% fewer ebony saplings.
ucla.in/47NATtO
‘It burns my hands, my eyes, my lungs. But what choice do I have?’ For Denica Riadini-Flesch, hearing those words changed everything. Now a 2025 Pritzker Award finalist, she’s proving fashion can restore soil, dignity and women’s futures 🪡🧵🌱 ucla.in/3JxH9ff
UCLA IoES is proud to announce the finalists for the 2025 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award 🙇♂️🌏✨
All under age 40, their work spans continents and cultures, united by a refusal to treat complex problems as inevitable → ucla.in/4fGs3Qz
