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G2 Green Earth Film Festival

June 25, 2018October 17, 2017

The fifth annual G2 Green Earth Film Festival is this weekend, October 20-22, at LMU’s Mayer Theater, co-sponsored by The G2 Gallery, CURes, and LMU’s School of Film and Television. … Read more

Global Climate Change, Food, Health, and Sustainability

October 11, 2017

The second installation of the 2017-18 LMU Environmental Lecture Series will be held on October 16th at 4:30pm in LMU’s Ahmanson Auditorium, University Hall 1000. The talk is titled “Global … Read more

PetSpace Lecture Recap

June 12, 2018October 6, 2017

On September 21^st, the Wallis Annenberg PetSpace launched its “Animal Matters” academic lecture series with a talk on the human-animal bond titled “Everything (We Wish We Knew) About Dogs and People,” given by three expert panelists. Thirty people attended the talk and over 200 people streamed it online.

Imagining a Resilient Future: Engaging the LMU Community

September 16, 2017

Wednesday, Sept 20th, 2017 launches the first in a series of thought-provoking lectures focusing on the complexity of global and local environmental issues, and how citizens can work together toward … Read more

“Animal Matters: Everything (We Wish We Knew) About Dogs and People” – Wallis Annenberg PetSpace, Playa Vista

September 14, 2017

Thursday, September 21, 2017 the Wallis Annenberg PetSpace in Playa Vista, launches its first in a series of academic panel discussions and workshops by global scholars in the field of … Read more

Environmental Science at LMU: The Living City (Post 2)

June 12, 2018July 2, 2017

High school students taking the summer environmental science course at LMU this summer probably never dreamed they’d be able to see a Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus freshly emerged from its … Read more

Environmental Science at LMU: The Living City (Post 1)

June 12, 2018June 26, 2017

‘Summer Programs’ at LMU has begun! This is year two of this special summer program for high school students from the U.S. and around the world, to experience LMU as … Read more

Hummingbird Research at CURes – Do Nesting Females Go Into Torpor?

June 7, 2017

CURes was recently featured in FLIR News for its hummingbird research. FLIR cameras are being used to capture thermal images for the project, which aims to investigate whether female hummingbirds go … Read more

“Snapshots on Sustainability”

June 7, 2017

LMU’s Center for Urban Resilience is highlighting the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC-LA’s) blog series, “Snapshots in Sustainability”, by Stacy Sinclair, our recent urban ecology master’s graduate. This relevant and … Read more

Join us in developing the next phase of LA STEW-MAP

June 7, 2017

Addendum: for the presentation given at the workshops, click here. You’re Invited! Application of Stewardship Mapping Data in Your Work Join us in developing the next phase of LA STEW-MAP … Read more

Join CURes in Costa Rica This Summer!

June 12, 2018April 19, 2017

CURes is once again hosting its Summer Session II Study Abroad course this summer entitled: “Tropical Science and Culture in Costa Rica”. The course provides students with an extraordinary, multidisciplinary, … Read more