Past Events | UC Santa Barbara Bren - Bren School of Environment

Bren Seminar

Towards Estimating Marine Ecosystem Impacts of Climate Intervention

Cheryl S. Harrison, Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University

Nov 27 2023 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Bren Seminar

Using Climate Change Impacts Attribution to Inform Adaptation Action

Mark New, Professor, African Climate and Development Initiative & Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town

Nov 20 2023 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Bren Seminar

Industrial Ecology Approaches for Better Decarbonization of the Transport Sector

Alissa Kendall, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis

Nov 13 2023 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Bren Seminar

Food Security in a Changing Hydroclimate

Jennifer Burney, Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego

Nov 6 2023 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Troy Magney stands on a platform in the snow

Bren Seminar

Waking Before the Snow Melts? Insights into the Seasonal Patterns of Photosynthesis in Evergreen Forests

Troy Magney, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Oct 30 2023 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Community Event

Mantell Symposium in Environmental Justice and Conservation Innovation 2023

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

Oct 26 2023 | 1:00pm PST

Bren Seminar

Access to Water in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus

Paolo D'Odorico, Thomas J. Graff Professor of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley

Oct 23 2023 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Community Event

Bird Conservation around the World and in Our Own Backyards: From Awe to Action

Join us for a special event featuring Lynn Scarlett of the Department of the Interior and The Nature Conservancy speaking on pathways to bird conservation.

Oct 18 2023 | 7:30pm PT

Laura Grant poses in ski gear on a snowy slope

Bren Seminar

The Critical Roles of Water-related Nonprofit Groups in the US

Laura Grant, Associate Professor, Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, Claremont McKenna College

Oct 9 2023 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

PhD Defense

Rapid and Spatially Explicit Assessment of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Data Limited Watersheds

PhD Dissertation Defense, Nicol Parker

Oct 4 2023 | 9:30 am PDT

Bren Seminar

Nature-based Solutions to Sustaining Water Supplies under the Amplification of Climate Extremes

Richard Taylor, Professor of Hydrogeology, University College London

Oct 2 2023 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Commencement

2023 Bren Commencement Celebration

Join us at Bren Hall or online to celebrate our graduates on June 16, 2023!

Jun 16 2023 | 9:00 am PDT

PhD Defense

(Micro)plastics in Solid Environmental Matrices

PhD Dissertation Defense, Timnit Kefela

Jun 13 2023 | 9:00 am PDT

Student Presentations

2023 Bren Communication Capstone Presentations

Join us for 7 environmental communication capstone presentations from the MESM Class of 2023, from short films to outreach campaigns

Jun 9 2023 | 12:30 to 2:00 pm PT

PhD Defense

Science, Worldview, and Seafood

PhD Dissertation Defense, Phoebe Racine

Jun 9 2023 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

PhD Defense

On the Importance of Roots to Eco-hydrology: The Effect of Plant Accessible Water Storage Capacity on Evapotranspiration

PhD Dissertation Defense, Christopher Heckman

Jun 9 2023 | 9:00 am PDT