Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

Banner for the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award featuring a group exploring a rainforest, a pangolin resting in a person’s hands, and a conservation worker holding young plants in a coastal wetland.

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.

Join UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability for a public symposium marking the 10th anniversary of the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award. The Symposium brings together past Pritzker Award…

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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.

On Campus

UCLA-wide sustainability events calendar

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PAST EVENTS

Science, Environment, & Community Spring Symposium 2026

[Please note that in-person seats have been filled. However, you can still register to join us via Zoom] Join CDLS for a powerful hybrid gathering bringing together students, faculty, researchers,…

The Sea Within Us: Caring for the Deep

We are pleased to invite you and members of the UCLA IoES community to The Sea Within Us: Caring for the Deep at the Hammer Museum on Thursday, May 21, 2026, featuring UCLA IoES faculty member Tina Treude.

Out of Plain Sight

From the Los Angeles Times and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rosanna Xia, Out of Plain Sight is a cinematic exposé of an environmental disaster lurking just off the coast of Southern California.

UCLA ESN & D. ENV Career Panel

Join UCLA IoES and ESN for a virtual career panel featuring professionals working across environmental health, wildfire science, hazardous substances management, water resources planning, and environmental safety.

Drought, Disaster, and Decision-Making: Can a Crisis Be Averted in the Colorado River Basin?

Join expert researchers and water managers for this virtual mini-symposium as we examine dire conditions and the escalating crisis in the Colorado River Basin, where the future ability to serve…