RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Jayajit Chakraborty, Professor and Mellichamp Chair in Racial Environmental Justice at the Bren School, and MESM 2026 student Sara Soroka are featured in Scientific American for a…
Kyle Meng, Associate Professor at the Bren School and the Department of Economics at UC Santa Barbara, was featured as an expert source in a KQED News report on U.S. oil supply disruptions and California's energy vulnerability. Meng serves
When a hurricane bears down on a coastal community, emergency managers face a deceptively complex problem. The obvious priority is to evacuate people from the areas most likely to flood or sustain catastrophic wind damage. But what happens
The American Association of Geographers has named Bren School Professor Jayajit Chakraborty a recipient of the 2026 E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Award, one of the organization's most distinguished recognitions for contributions to geograph…
While reducing demand is important, most successful cases of groundwater recovery also involve moving huge amounts of water to meet demand. Photo Credit: halbergman via iStock For half the world’s population, the water in their drinking gla…
On January 15, 2026, Indigo and Microsoft announced a 12-year agreement under which Microsoft will purchase 2.85 million metric tons of soil-based carbon removal — making it one of the largest agricultural soil carbon removal deals ever ann…
The environment provides a wide range of services that benefit us all: purifying water, buffering floods, pollinating crops, renewing soil and many more. These aren’t just benefits; society wouldn't exist without these vital natural service…
Please join us May 20-21, 2021 for the 3rd annual Environmental Justice Symposium, hosted by the Bren Environmental Justice Club and sponsored by UCSB Graduate Students for Diversity in the Sciences and the UCSB Bren School of Environmental…
The Bren School of Environmental Science & Management is a professional graduate school and community of environmental leaders at UC Santa Barbara. The UCSB Bren School offers environmental graduate programs that empower you to develop comp…
We have the following resources available if you missed the orientation or simply want to review the information covered: MEDS Computing Requirements & Installation Guide for Incoming Students We are holding office hours on Zoom (for securi…
Welcome, alumni! You make the Bren community strong and its impact unsurpassable—and we’re here to help you stay connected, build your network, and excel throughout your career. You’re part of this community for life. From driving environme…
The Bren School’s mission is to solve environmental problems through research and training the next generation of environmental leaders. We value the diversity of views, expertise, opinions, cultures, backgrounds, customs, and experiences r…