Events

Upcoming Events

Two smiling men pictured over a coastal ocean scene, with an orange fish in the lower left, green kelp in the lower right, and the La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science logo in the upper right.

Conserving California’s Coastal Waters

The 2026 La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science Public Lecture

Join us for a public discussion of recent advances in ocean conservation and a chance to interact with current UCLA conservation researchers, Zach and Mark Gold.

Michael Kimmelman

How to Tell the Story of a City

Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic, The New York Times

Michael Kimmelman is the architecture critic at The New York Times and founder of Headway. He has written from more than 40 countries and was for some years a columnist…

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The Snail Darter, Sturgeons, and the Politics of Taxonomy

The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability's Fall 2026 Lecture, featuring Yale Professor Thomas Near

The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability invites you to our Fall 2026 lecture with Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University Thomas Near

A book hovering over a cityscape in the background. The book is titled Myth of Sustainable Cities: Losing the Holocene

Book Talk | The Myth of Sustainable Cities: Losing the Holocene

Professor Stephanie Pincetl discusses her new book with Professor of Anthropology Monica L. Smith

Join us for a conversation with IoES Professor and Founding Director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA Stephanie Pincetl about her new book, "The Myth of Sustainable Cities: Losing the Holocene"

On Campus

UCLA-wide sustainability events calendar

For those interested in more campus events on the environment and sustainability, follow our friends at UCLA Sustainability.

Past Events

10-Year Anniversary Symposium | Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award

Celebrating a decade of impact of one of the most prestigious environmental prizes in the world for innovators under 40.

The Center for Developing Leadership in Science Presents: Knowledge Sharing with Mario Daniel Muñoz Ríos

(español abajo) Please join us for two knowledge-sharing sessions with Mario Daniel Muñoz Ríos, a UCLA IoES Visiting Graduate Researcher working with Dr. Alesia Montgomery, the week of September 21.…

Wildfire Resilience: A Transcontinental Conversation

Initiated by 2026 Goldman Environmental Award and 2023 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award winner Dr. Iroro Tanshi, this exhibit tells a story that brings to life the shared challenge of…

Commencement

Congratulations to the UCLA IoES Class of 2026. We look forward to the impact you’ll make in building a more sustainable, resilient world.

Environmental Science Practicum 2025-2026 Final Presentations

Join us in-person (or via Zoom webinar) in celebrating the achievements of our Environmental Science seniors as they present the results of yearlong research projects developed in partnership with leading…