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From Climate AI to Post-Flood Health Risks: UVA Funds New Environmental Research Projects

The Institute has awarded four new grants supporting research on some of today's most pressing environmental challenges from community-informed climate AI and cleaner construction materials to post-flood health and AI-enabled...
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UVA Researchers Train AI To Improve Climate Forecasts and Rainfall Prediction

UVA researchers develop a method to eliminate a longstanding source of error in high-resolution precipitation models.
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Why states are walking back their own climate and energy laws, and what they could do instead

Andres Clarens, Associate Director of the UVA Environmental Institute, writes in The Conversation that states shouldn't abandon their energy transitions and offers better solutions.
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New Practitioner Fellow to Build Playbook on Data Center Impacts

Tamara Kneese joins the Environmental Institute, where she will expand her work evaluating the environmental and social consequences of AI.
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From Climate AI to Post-Flood Health Risks: UVA Funds New Environmental Research Projects

The Institute has awarded four new grants supporting research on some of today's most pressing environmental challenges from community-informed climate AI and cleaner construction materials to post-flood health and AI-enabled...
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grass under puddle

UVA Researchers Train AI To Improve Climate Forecasts and Rainfall Prediction

UVA researchers develop a method to eliminate a longstanding source of error in high-resolution precipitation models.
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solar panels on homes

Why states are walking back their own climate and energy laws, and what they could do instead

Andres Clarens, Associate Director of the UVA Environmental Institute, writes in The Conversation that states shouldn't abandon their energy transitions and offers better solutions.
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UVA researchers examine whether low-cost construction creates long-term problems

Climate Collaborative team members Andrew Hayashi and Jeana Ripple speak with NBC29 News about their goal of finding better solutions for durable, environmentally friendly housing to address a housing shortage.
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UVA grad student bikes from Montreal to NYC, making friends along the way

Jack Boyle, a doctoral student in environmental sciences and an Environmental Futures Fellow, recently pedaled from Montreal to New York City.
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Internship Cohort Summer 2026 Announced

The Institute awarded eleven paid summer internships to UVA students for environmental, climate change, and sustainability work in 2026.
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UVA Researchers to Examine Housing Crisis

Law professor Andrew Hayashi, Institute affiliates, and students are part of a Climate Collaborative team that will propose reforms.
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The Environmental Institute Names 2026 Environmental Futures Fellows Tackling Climate Risks Globally

Three graduate students will spend the summer researching some of the world’s most urgent environmental challenges, from climate vulnerability in Rio’s neighborhoods, to wetland impacts from Northern Virginia data centers...
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New Satellite Mapping Method Could Improve Flood Response in Data-Scarce Regions

A new approach to flood mapping improves the accuracy of identifying and monitoring flooded regions, even in areas with little monitoring infrastructure.