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Bren Seminar

Data By the People, For the People: Building Community-Centered Environmental Research in an Era of Scientific Uncertainty

Brittany Janis, Executive Director, Open Environmental Data Project

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PhD Defense

Bioeconomic Synergies between Fisheries Exploitation and Heightened Species Extinction Risk

PhD Dissertation Defense, Leonardo Manir Feitosa

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Bren Seminar

Exploring Wildlife of L.A.'s Urban Core: A Community Effort

Miguel Ordeñana, Senior Manager, Community Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Community Event

Mantell Symposium in Environmental Justice and Conservation Innovation 2025

Please join us for a special event that will catalyze the Bren School’s efforts to advance environmental justice and conservation innovation.

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Bren Seminar

Devastation of a Coastal Aquifer from the Most Powerful Storm Ever: A Story of Resilience and Recovery

M. Bayani Cardenas, Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin

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Bren Seminar

Regional Wildfire Resilience Program: A Reimagining of Wildfire Planning

Anne-Marie Parkinson, Executive Director, Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council

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PhD Defense

Restoring Historical Water Data and Quantifying Catchment Water Dynamics in California and the United States

PhD Dissertation Defense, Annette Hilton

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PhD Defense

From Forests to Farms: Quantifying Ecosystem Services in Managed Landscapes using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning

PhD Dissertation Defense, Brian Lee

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PhD Defense

Understanding Forced Pacific Climate Responses with Large Ensembles

PhD Dissertation Defense, Chen Xing

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Commencement

2025 Bren Commencement Celebration

Save the date to celebrate our graduates on June 13, 2025!

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PhD Defense

Conservation in Context: How Ecosystem Resilience, Habitat Structure, and Recovery Potential Shape Marine Protected Area Management and Performance

PhD Dissertation Defense, Cori Lopazanski

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Student Presentations

2025 MEDS Capstone Project Presentations

Join us live online or on campus for the 2025 MEDS capstone project presentations, Friday, May 30

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PhD Defense

Fire Ecology and the Effects of Prescribed Fire in California Foothill Oak Woodlands

PhD Dissertation Defense, Kaili Brande

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PhD Defense

Governing Natural Resources in South America: Distributive Politics and Unequal Consequences

PhD Dissertation Defense, Yifan (Flora) He

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PhD Defense

Essays on Development Economics: The Anticipation of Cash Transfers and Policy Levers for Clean Energy Use

PhD Dissertation Defense, Flavio Malagutti

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Bren Seminar

One Million High-Resolution Aerial Photographs Capture Africa’s 20th-Century Transformation

Hannah Druckenmiller, Assistant Professor, California Institute of Technology