By Lisa Howard January 16, 2019 California leads the nation in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but reductions alone will not be enough to reach the targets set by the 2015... Read More
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Muir Institute Recognizes Faculty and Staff Solving Real-world Environmental Problems
By Lisa Howard October 24, 2018 The John Muir Institute of the Environment at University of California, Davis, announced the selection of the 2018 Muir Institute Fellows during its annual... Read More
How Susan Ustin Helped Launch a New Field of Study and Why She Continues to Study the Earth from Above
In 1982, Susan Ustin began working with NASA satellite data to study how plants respond to environmental stress. Thirty-five years later, the pioneer in remote sensing, and a distinguished professor of... Read More
Muir Institute Announces Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives
Sara L. Nichols Brings Experience with Cap-and-Trade, International Climate Diplomacy By Lisa Howard November 20, 2017 The John Muir Institute of the Environment at UC Davis is pleased to announce... Read More
Muir Institute Selects Fellows to Further Its Environmental Mission
By Lisa Howard November 8, 2017 The John Muir Institute of the Environment at University of California, Davis, is pleased to announce the selection of six UC Davis experts for... Read More
Mitigating Climate Change with Mud? UC Davis Team Chosen as Part of Resilient by Design’s Bay Area Challenge
By Lisa Howard October 17, 2017 UC Davis faculty are part of a multidisciplinary design team chosen to develop solutions to strengthen the San Francisco Bay Area’s resilience to the... Read More
Elsevier, Inc. and UC Davis Partner on Data Science Initiatives
By AJ Cheline August 29, 2017 Elsevier, Inc., one of the world’s major providers of scientific and information exchange and analytics, has partnered with UC Davis to advance two data... Read More
‘OneClimate’ a Call to Arms Fusing UC Davis’ Collective Strength in Climate Science
Throughout UC Davis’ history, the university has brought scientists across disciplines to work together on the challenge of growing food. Now, Ben Houlton, director of the John Muir Institute of... Read More
Can Ben Houlton Help UC Davis Solve Climate Change?
By Lisa Howard November 23, 2016 Ben Houlton hasn’t quite settled into his office in The Barn. The new director of the John Muir Institute of the Environment took over... Read More
New Director of John Muir Institute of the Environment Looks to Solve Complex Environmental Problems
August 30, 2016 By Lisa Howard The UC Davis Office of Research has named Benjamin Houlton as the new director of the John Muir Institute of the Environment, known as... Read More